SOLICITOR

BARRISTER

SOLICITOR
- drafts legal documents
(conveyancing, drawing up contracts and wills) - gives written advice - traditionally represents in the inferior courts (Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 have the right to apply for a certificate of advocacy in higher courts; Access to Justice Act 1999 all solicitors should be given full rights of audience) - receives instruction from lay clients (e.g. the administration of estates, family matters, the formation of companies, criminal offences) - instructs barristers on behalf of lay clients

BARRISTER
- provides representation in
the courts (has the RIGHT OF AUDIENCE also all courts) - drafts documents associated with court procedure - gives specialist legal advice (e.g. on evidence and procedural matters) - takes instructions (only) from solicitors

SOLICITOR takes instructions

from the client SOLICITOR prepares briefs and approaches the barrister
BARRISTER gives an opinion or represents the client at the trial

SOLICITOR
liable for

BARRISTER
(since 2000) liable for

NEGLIGENCE
not liable for

DEFAMATION

in the conduct of a case

NEGLIGENCE

SOLICITORS
employed

BARRISTERS
work

-in private practice (alone or in a partnership firm) - in industry and commerce - in government departments - in advice agencies

-independently in selfemployed practice in groups called chambers and practice at the Bar as barristers - as in-house counsels (may only represent their employer) - in government departments
(cannot form partnerships)

3 STAGES
1) gaining a bachelor degree in law (LLB) or graduating in a non-law subject and complete a one year conversion course postgraduate Diploma in Law (GDL) 2) Passing a one-year Legal Practice Course (LPC) + examination at the Law Society 3) working for 2 years as a trainee solicitor serving articles (with a legal firm or in the legal department of a local authority or large company) 3) admitted as a solicitor 4) receives his Certificate of Practice

3 STAGES
1) gaining a bachelor degree in law (LLB) or graduating in a non-law subject and complete a one year conversion course postgraduate Diploma in Law (GDL) 2) joining one of the Inns of Court + a one year Bar Vocational Course; passing an examination (conducted by the Council for Legal Education) 2) the call to the Bar 3) pupillage a year long apprenticeship (usually at barristers chambers) applying for tenancy in chambers Full Qualification Certificate the RIGHT OF AUDIENCE in any court of law in England and Wales

after at least 10 years as a barrister or solicitor with an advocacy qualification it is possible to apply to become a Queens Counsel (QC) 10% of the Bar

take on more complicated and high-profile cases

senior judges chosen from the ranks of QCs

3 STAGES BrE barrister

1) undergraduate study (4 years) 2) law school (3 years) juris doctor (J.D.) 3) the bar examination (shortly after graduation; preparatory courses 36 days)

AmE trial lawyer / attorney

BrE solicitor
AmE lawyer

- solicitor = nii odvjetnik - barrister = vii odvjetnik - the Bar = odvjetniki stale - to call to the Bar = postati lan Odvjetnike komore - to disbar = iskljuiti iz odvjetnike komore, oduzeti licencu - the Bar Council = Odvjetnika komora engleskih i velkih viih odvjetnika - Law Society = profesionalno tijelo engleskih i velkih niih odvjetnika - a bar association (AE) (Croatian Bar Association) = odvjetnika komora - to serve articles to a solicitor = obavljati praksu kod nieg odvjetnika - to qualify for Call to the Bar = ostvariti uvjete za dobivanje odvjetnike licence i prijem u Odvjetniku komoru - to undertake pupillage in chambers = obavljati odvjetniki vjebeniki sta u uredu vieg odvjetnika

- barristers chambers = ured vieg odvjetnika - to draw up/draft legal documents = sastaviti pravni dokument - a contract /a will = ugovor / oporuka - to give legal advice = pravno savjetovati - to receive instructions from lay clients = dobiti naputke (podatke) o predmetu od klijenta -to take instructions from a solicitor = dobiti naputke (podatke) o predmetu od nieg odvjetnika - to brief a barrister = upoznati vieg odvjetnika s predmetom - a brief = kratki prikaz predmeta to be liable for negligence / defamation = biti (pravno) odgovoran za nemar / klevetu - pleadings = pisani podnesci, parnini akti; to plead a case = zastupati u sporu

1 a lawyer who is qualified to plead on behalf of clients 2 in the UK, a training course which enables people who wish to become barristers and who have registered with the Inns of Court to acquire the skills and knowledge to prepare them for the specialised training of the pupillage 3 a ceremony held at the end of this training course, when a candidate enters the profession 4 organisation regulating the legal profession 5 in the USA, an important test taken by law-school graduates which, when passed, qualifies a person to practise law 6 granted entrance to the legal profession 7 to compel a lawyer to stop practicing law due to an offence committed

1 a barrister 2 the Bar Vocational Course 3 the Call to the Bar 4 a bar association 5 the bar examination 6 to admit to the Bar 7 to disbar

to do the preparatory work to make a witness available to learn the ways to be in custody awaiting trial at the trial to go into court to prosecute to defend a defendant jury a juror to appeal against to cheat to shoplift to observe the rights of other people the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) = the Crown Court in the City of London deals with major criminal cases from Greater London and (exceptionally) other parts of England

Combine the nouns in the box with the verbs below to make combinations to describe the work lawyers do. Some of the verbs go with more than one noun.

cases

clients contracts corporations decisions defendants disputes law legislation

1 advise 2 draft 3 practise 4 represent 5 research 7 argue 8 litigate 9 plead

Combine the nouns in the box with the verbs below to make combinations to describe the work lawyers do. Some of the verbs go with more than one noun.

cases

clients contracts corporations decisions defendants disputes law legislation

1 advise clients, corporations, defendants 2 draft contracts, decisions, law, legislation 3 practise law 4 represent clients, corporations, defendants 5 research cases, decisions, law, legislation 7 argue - cases 8 litigate cases, disputes 9 plead - cases