Barrister in Gateshead
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BarristerS in Gateshead and their role
BarristerS provide advocacy for clients. They represent individuals in court and work, and will also provide speciality advice to designated specialist or solicitors. They are given the power to have audience in any court.
Barristers in Gateshead specialise in a range of areas, including:
- criminal law
- chancery law
- commercial law
Barristers in Gateshead work in common law
Common law areas include family, housing and personal injury law. A barrister is usually a self-employed individual although an increasing number of barristers are employed by organisations. Typically self employed barristers find their work through chambers.
In the English legal system, solicitors traditionally dealt with any legal matter apart from conducting proceedings in courts (advocacy), with some exceptions. Minor criminal cases tried in Magistrates' Courts, for example, and small value civil cases tried in county courts are almost always handled by solicitors. The other branch of the English legal profession, a barrister, has traditionally carried out the advocacy functions.