... can go direct to a barrister for advice and assistance. Barristers may provide legal services in the form of working for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) or the Criminal Defence Service. These are 'employed barristers' who work for the government, but barristers can also be employed by commercial firms and companies. The Access to Justice Act 1999 now allows barristers working for the CPS or other employers to keep their rights of audience. Not all those who are qualified actually work as barristers either in private practice or in employment. Non-practising barristers have no right of audience. They include those people who have chosen to pursue a career outside the Bar. Solicitors Where barristers are mostly concerned with advocacy, solicitors are general practitioners who will work in a private practice in a solicitors firm. Unlike Barristers, solicitors are approached directly by clients. The kind of work done by a solicitor will largely depend on ...

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