The scheme operates through a licensing system run by the BarDIRECT Committee of the Bar Council.
BarDIRECT is an initiative, launched by the Bar Council in the 1990s, which enables organisations with relevant experience and expertise to use the specialist advice and advocacy services of barristers directly, without the intervention of a solicitor.
Fellows of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) can now instruct counsel to obtain written advice, draft documents and for representation at court, without having to go through a solicitor.
ILEX president Mary Dowson said: “The BarDirect scheme is a further step for legal executives to be recognised on par with solicitors. Clients can now have the choice of instructing either a legal executive or solicitor to access specialist advice and representation from barristers.”
Morgan Cole chief exec quits
David Main steps down amid management overhaul at troubled firm Morgan Cole chief executive David Main has left the firm amid ongoing turbulence that has seen more than 40 partners leave since its inception in 1998. Main, 51, joined Welsh giant Morgan Bruce in 1997 and played a pivotal role in its merger with Cole […]