role

• what do solicitors provide clients with?

  -advice

  -representation
• what are some areas that solicitors commonly cover?

  -conveyancing

  -family

  -probate

  -commercial
• what act allows solicitors to have full rights of audience?

  legal services act 2007
• what is "rights of audience"?

  the right to appear & conduct proceedings in court
• when will solicitors be given the rights of audience?

  when they've been added to the roll
• what types of law do small firms usually cover?

  -conveyancing

  -family

  -wills

  -probate
• what types of law do large firms usually cover?

  -criminal

  -commercial

  -intellectual property
• what clients do large firms usually deal with?

  corporate
• what can solicitors do in terms of advocacy?

  -represent client personally in lower courts
• what lower courts can solicitors represent clients in?

  -magistrates

  -county

  -tribunals
• if a solicitor wants to represent a client in a higher court what do they need?

  advocacy qualification