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Commercial & Intellectual Property Law Specialist; Public Access Barristers

Public Access Barrister

As from 6 July 2004 The General Council of The Bar introduced new rules whereby members of the Public can have direct access to the services of barristers. This is known as Public Access. Unnecessary restrictions were removed thereby improving public access to legal advice. Your first port of call when contemplating litigation was traditionally a solicitor but now you can come and see a Public Access Barrister before or after or without the need to see a Solicitor.

What a Public Access Barrister can do for you includes:

• Offering you specialist advice before or after or without the need to see a Solicitor
• Video conferencing available, this can be quoted for on request.
• Drafting letters before action.
• Offering you written or verbal legal advice on the merits of your case and the probability of its success.
• Drafting all the relevant documents required by the court for any contemplated or current litigation.
• Representing you in Court.
• Drafting Grounds of Appeal.
• Negotiating on your behalf
• Mediation and Alternate Dispute Resolution on your behalf
• Help to prepare you and your witnesses for giving evidence as a witness.

Some areas however are excluded from Public Access Barrister work:

1. Criminal Law, subject to exceptions for advisory work outside proceedings and appeals where no facts are in dispute

2. Family work, subject to exceptions for advisory work and drafting outside proceedings and appeals where no facts are in dispute

3. Immigration and Asylum work.

Public Access Barristers and Barristers generally are not able to apply to the Legal Services Commission for public funding. Thus when approached by an individual who may be entitled to public funding, public access barristers will normally direct the client to a solicitor who deals with this obtaining public funding (Legal Aid). After you have legal funding you can come and see us for the above services.

Speak to a Public Access Barrister First

You can now come and see a public access barrister first. By coming to see us you will be receiving a specialist service and you it can save you money as you are cutting out the middlemen, which in some cases can increase your costs considerably. If it is in your interest to have other Professionals involved we will tell you.

Commercial & Intellectual Property Law Specialist; Public Access Barristers:
Patents, Copyright, Trade & Service Marks, Registered Designs, Passing Off, Confidential Information, Design Rights, Domain Names, E-Commerce, IT & Internet Law, Trade Secrets, Competition Law, IP Litigation, Data Protection, Database Rights, Performers’ Rights, Sports Law, Science & Technology, Employment, Entertainment & Music Law, Chancery Law, Public Law, Administrative, Chancery (General), Chancery (Land Law), Commercial Litigation, Commercial and Residential Property, Construction, Professional Negligence, EU & Competition Law: Public Access Barristers.