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    Barristers in England and Wales are one of the two main categories of lawyer in England and Wales, the other being solicitors. Barristers have traditionally...
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  • profession in England and Wales is divided into two distinct branches under the legal system, those of solicitors and barristers. Other legal professions in England...
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    The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales. There are four Inns of Court: Gray's Inn, Lincoln's...
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    documents. In England and Wales, barristers may seek authorisation from the Bar Standards Board to conduct litigation, allowing a barrister to practise in a dual...
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    Law Society has nothing to do with barristers in England and Wales. The relevant professional body for barristers is the General Council of the Bar. The...
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    the Bar of England and Wales and His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. Today, they serve as professional associations for barristers practicing...
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    City Law School (category 1852 establishments in England)
    intending barristers in England and Wales. Before that time, the Inns of Court were responsible for the education of those intending to become barristers. There...
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  • office premises used by a barrister or to a group of barristers, especially in the Inns of Court. In these jurisdictions, barristers are forbidden from forming...
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    regulates barristers in England and Wales for the public interest. It is responsible for: Setting standards of conduct for barristers and authorising...
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    Bar Professional Training Course (category Bar of England and Wales)
    postgraduate course which allows law graduates to be named and practise as barristers in England and Wales. The eight institutes that run the BPTC along with...
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  • representative body for barristers in England and Wales. Established in 1894, the Bar Council is the "approved regulator" of barristers, but discharges its...
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    judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with...
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  • The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible...
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  • than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings. In the jurisdictions of England and...
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    Treasurer (category Local government in the United States)
    of insurance.[citation needed] In the Inns of Court, the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales, the bencher or master of the bench...
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    Association (CBA) in England and Wales voted to undertake industrial action protesting against stagnant fees with 94% of criminal barristers in favour. The...
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    In England and Wales, squatting – taking possession of land or an empty house the squatter does not own – is a criminal or civil offence, depending on...
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  • regulating barristers in England and Wales Basel School of Business in Switzerland British School of Brussels in Brussels British School of Bahrain in Bahrain...
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    In England and Wales, divorce is allowed under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 on the ground that the marriage has irretrievably broken...
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    only be appointed from the ranks of barristers (from 1839) and solicitors (from 1849). Women in England and Wales were not allowed to become justices...
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  • Call to the bar (category Professional certification in law)
    Most Australian barristers will have previously worked as solicitors prior to becoming barristers. Candidates wishing to become barristers may have to pass...
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  • In England and Wales, life imprisonment is a sentence that lasts until the death of the prisoner, although in most cases the prisoner will be eligible...
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    for legal practice) wishing to become either a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. It is being replaced by the Solicitors Qualifying Examination...
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  • Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden or unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of and discovery of a certain class of valuable...
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    Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the...
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    Solicitor advocate (category 1990 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    to instruct barristers (in England and Wales) or advocates (in Scotland) to represent their clients in court. Section 27 of the Courts and Legal Services...
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  • senior self employed barristers/advocates making use of their junior’s services to complete briefs belonging to the more senior barrister/advocate, usually...
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  • Professional Training Course (BPTC) for barristers. It is regulated by the Law Society of England and Wales with admissions handled through the Central...
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    Lincoln's Inn (category Legal organisations based in England and Wales)
    in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. (The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's...
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  • barristers in England and Wales versus those with the name in England and Wales as whole. Given the low frequency of the name in England and Wales as a whole...
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