The UK's Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) on Monday granted approval for the Bar Council to lift a blanket ban on direct public access to the services offered by barristers.
Welcoming the move, which means that members of the public can now instruct barristers directly, Anthony Speaight, chairman of the Bar Council's 'access to the bar' committee explained to The Lawyer.com that:
"Until now a client who wanted advice from a barrister not only had to pay the barrister, but also had to pay a solicitor for passing on the instructions. Now unnecessary duplication of legal fees can be cut out."
However, the removal of the ban does not apply to barristers working in criminal, immigration, or family law, who must still receive their instructions via a solicitor. An additional restriction is that cases must not involve litigation.
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