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Barrister and Solicitors What are the main differences

A barrister cannot be called as solicitors and a solicitor cannot be termed as a barrister. both of them work differently. let us discuss each of them separately.Barristers are lawyers who work in split professions alongwith meeting all the legal procedures. Barristers are often called barrister London, since the name first generated from London. they are never in direct contact with clients. Infact, they will never deal with a client directly. Barristers are involved in cases when it reaches the court where their real advocacy skill is required which even a solicitor might not be able to perform with accuracy.Clients usually contact solicitors who in turn will contact barristers to file a case. Only barristers get the authority to represent high court. their dress code is completely different as compared to solicitors. they wear a long horse hair type wig, with stiff color & bands gown.Barristers will provide expert legal advices on the outcome of any trial before a judge which even most people or for that matter even solicitors are unable to fulfill. Solicitors mostly gather information about a case from a client, but the real legal procedure and the outcome of the case finally depends upon barristers.

The main job of a solicitor is to contact clients who require legal help, gather evidence and do paper work, a bit of research about the whole case and than bundle all this information which is to be provided to a barrister. the barrister in turn will study each of the points carefully and come to a conclusion how to fight the case and in whose favor.but in some severe cases such as building dispute, clients get a chance to contact barrister directly since these are delicate and critical issues which requires the client to contact barrister directly which can be marred if a solicitor comes in the picture. When we say marred, we are not trying to offend solicitors, but just in critical cases, a direct contact is very important and any information which is not properly passed can even lead to the case going in favor to the wrong person.There is another type of solicitors known as benefit Fraud Solicitors. usually, when a person is held for benefit fraud, he or she will be sent a letter via postal mail to attend an interview with the local council office. If they do not attend the interview, there are chances that they can get arrested. Hence, when such letter is received by anyone, they must immediately contact benefit fraud solicitors who will help them sort the problem. these solicitors will review the letter and will guide their client how to face the interview. they will also provide them with tips about what are the likely questions that will be asked and how do you tackle to answer these questions.When someone receives such letters, it is always good that you have someone to contact and support you. Otherwise life can be a disaster when you find nobody supports you when you are held for benefit fraud.

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Company fined for ‘horrific’ incident

Picton company Dolphin Watch Ecotours has been ordered to pay $135,000 after an incident that left an Australian doctor with ”horrific” leg injuries.

two of the company’s three directors, Paul Keating and Glen McNeilly, were in the Blenheim District Court today when the sentence was handed down by Judge Tony Zohrab.

the firm had admitted not taking all practicable steps to ensure that no action or inaction of an employee while at work harmed a person and failing to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of an employee at work.

Judge Zohrab fined the company $55,000 and ordered it to pay $80,000 in emotional harm and loss of earnings to the victim, Catherine Carlyle.

the company was also ordered to pay court and solicitors’ costs.

Carlyle and her husband were on the Dolphin Watch tour on December 10 last year when her leg was hit by the propeller as she was entering the water.

Carlyle, then 49, a general practitioner from South Australia, suffered severe cuts and fractures to her legs and had at least four operations to repair damage to veins and stabilise the fractures.

– the Marlborough Express

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‘Spot-fixing convict’ Asif files appeal against seven year ban imposed by ICC

London, Jan 7:  Convicted Pakistani pace bowler Muhammad Asif has filed an appeal against his International Cricket Council (ICC) ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The ICC has banned Asif from participating in all forms of the game for seven years for his alleged involvement in a spot-fixing scam during the 2010 Lord”s Test against England. Asif was also handed over one- year prison sentence by London’s Southwark Crown Court over the scandal.

He is currently lodged at Her Majesty’s Canterbury prison, a category C jail, which specialises in housing foreign criminals convicted in Britain.

Asif’s counsel, SJS Solicitors Principal Savita Sukul confirmed to the News that her firm has submitted the formal appeal against the ICC seven-year ban.

“the appeal filed in the CAS against the ICC ban is founded upon multiple grounds that include the argument that the ICC Disciplinary Tribunal breached its own procedures, and in other ways infringed fundamental human rights to which Muhammad Asif is entitled,” the paper quoted an SJS spokesperson, as saying.

“in such a situation the ICC ban is not only flawed, it could also be unlawful,” he added.

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‘Spot-fixing convict’ Asif files appeal against seven year ban imposed by ICC

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Hanlong executive refuses ASIC demand

A senior Hanlong mining executive at the centre of an alleged insider trading scandal has refused a demand from the corporate regulator that he explain his failure to return to Australia from what should have been a brief trip abroad.

In the NSW Supreme Court this morning, counsel for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, David Stack, said under court orders, Hanlong’s managing director Steven Hui Xiao should have returned from China on November 26, but had not.

“We have received from his solicitors a brief indication that he can’t return because of high blood pressure. if that is so we would like to see some proper evidence that deals with those matters,” he said.

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But mr Xiao’s barrister, Peter Wood, queried the power of the court to compel mr Xiao to provide the affidavit demanded by ASIC, and said his client opposed the order.

Mr Stack said ASIC would not press the demand for the explanation. however ASIC wanted the court to extend travel restriction orders preventing mr Xiao’s wife, Xike Hu – who is also under investigation – from leaving the country.

Her travel ban, which expires on Friday, was extended for a week by Justice Reg Barrett. the case returns to court next week when ASIC will seek to extend the ban on Ms Hu leaving the country until March next year – or until mr Xiao returns.

ASIC is investigating suspect trades by three Hanlong executives, and their partners, in Sundance and Bannerman Resources, which were both takeover targets of Hanlong. the Supreme Court has heard trading accounts associated with the executives and their partners made nearly $1.8 million in profit from dealing in contracts for difference related to the two Australian miners.

Funds in those accounts, and some properties in Sydney, are among assets already frozen by the court.

Hanlong has stood down the three men under investigation, and has sought to distance itself. no one has been charged.

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Thought leadership 2011: Advancement of women in the legal profession

09 December 2011Despite the obvious success of women in all sectors of legal practice there is wide recognition that barriers or impediments to the advancement of women in the profession continue to exist.

The number of women solicitors practising in NSW has grown by 452% since 1988, and women now make up 46% of the profession. however, despite this rapid equalisation in the male to female ratio, change has been slower to reach the ranks of partners and principals.

In late 2010, the Law Society Council decided that identifying those barriers should become the focus of the Law Society’s major thought leadership initiative for 2011.  This project was championed by the 2011 President, Stuart Westgarth.

The report and recommendations arising from this project were officially released at on Thursday 1 December 2011.

Other documents

This project gained momentum due to statistics available on women in the legal profession since 1988. 

Also available are key themes we explored as part of this project.

Other organisations are undertaking similar projects both in Australia and internationally.  In particular, we would like to draw attention to the Equitable Briefing Policy prepared by the Law Council of Australia.

Thought leadership 2011: Advancement of women in the legal profession

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