... to produce a case file, consisting of statements and any evidential facts relating to the case. When the claimant decides to try and prosecute is when the legal proceedings start. The claimant and defendant each have to hire a solicitor to deal with the case. A solicitor's role is to give specialist legal advice to help their clients. Solicitors are the main advisers on all matters of law to the public. A solicitors job is to provide clients which can be; members of the public, businesses, voluntary bodies, charities (etc), with skilled legal advice and representation. There is a personal communication between solicitor and client; they have many meetings and speak on a one to one basis about the case. The client gives the solicitor all the relevant information they can and the solicitor will advise the client on their status. For example, if the client is the defendant in ...

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