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Critically Evaluate: 1.The role of the two separate branches of the legal profession. 2. The changes introduced by the CLSA 1990. 3. Should the profession merge into one?
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Critically Evaluate: 1.The role of the two separate branches of the legal profession. 2. The changes introduced by the CLSA 1990. 3. Should the profession merge into one? The legal profession is split into two branches. These are Solicitors and Barristers. There are currently around 70,000 solicitors and 8,500 barristers practicing in English Courts. The "Law Society" governs solicitors, and the "Bar Council" governs Barristers. Both these two professions come together in one term "Lawyer" this collective term means both Barrister(s) and Solicitor(s). As you can see by the numbers Solicitors as a group are considerably larger than that of Barristers by almost ten fold. Both these groups have different / similar roles. Solicitors where traditionally only allowed to do advocacy work in the Magistrates and / or County Courts, but they where not allowed to advocate in the higher Courts. In 1990 when the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (CLSA...
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