Professional Duty of Solicitors and Barristers

Law

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Solicitors are officers of the court, barristers are not. Professional duty of solicitors and
barristers by applying the rules of professional code of conduct, explaining the effect of
discipline in the legal field...........................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
A solicitor is a member of the legal profession qualified to deal with convincing, the drawing up
of wills, and other legal matters. A solicitor may also instruct barristers and represent clients in
some courts. On the other hand barrister can be considered as that person who have been called
to the bar and been given the authority to act as an advocate in the higher court. There are also
difference between Barrister and the lawyer. It has been analyzed that lawyer can be defined as
the person who is been involved in practicing the legal aspects while Barrister is a person who
prepares upon their cases in the higher court. Present report will lay emphasis on the professional
duty of the solicitors and Barristers. It will also discuss about the professional code of conduct,
explaining the effect of discipline in the legal field.
MAIN BODY
Solicitors are officers of the court, barristers are not. Professional duty of solicitors and barristers
by applying the rules of professional code of conduct, explaining the effect of discipline in
the legal field.
It has been analysed from the research that solicitors are been considered as the officers of
the court while barristers are not. It is based on the fact that in England the functions of
discipline Barristers are not directly hands of the courts, but is left to the Inns of Court. Solicitors
are the type of lawyer who has been practising in England and Wales. They have also bounded
with legal obligations which are the reason that these are considered as the officers of the court.
It has been analysed that solicitors are been involved in doing most of the work based on legal
matters while Barristers only prepares the documents which are based on the information
provided by the client. It has been summarised that except this no other work has been done by
the barristers (Lloyd, 2020). It has also been analysed that solicitors are been provided with the
right to act in all courts as the legal representation of their client. They can also engage in
communicating with Barristers for legal advice that can be required for advocacy in the higher
court. Solicitors are been taken as the deemed officers of the court but there are chances that they
can only be involved working in the lower court in England and Wales. It has been analysed that
solicitors are considered as many time more numerous than the Barristers. They have the right to
act in all legal courts but these people generally appear in lower court. There are various
professional skills which will be required for solicitors. They also need to go through the case of
character and also with the case of suitability. These people are obliged to behave in an ethical
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