{"id":2159,"date":"2021-08-23T22:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T22:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:48:27","slug":"barristers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Regulation I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Regulation\" title=\"Regulation\">Regulation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Kings_Inns\" title=\"Kings Inns\">Kings Inns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Calling_to_Bar\" title=\"Calling to Bar\">Calling to Bar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Regulation-2\" title=\"Regulation\">Regulation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Instruction\" title=\"Instruction\">Instruction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/barristers\/#Senior_Counsel\" title=\"Senior Counsel\">Senior Counsel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Regulation\"><\/span>Regulation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Barristers are regulated by the Bar Council of Ireland.\u00a0 Legal education is administered and provided by the Honourable Society of Kings Inns.\u00a0 Members of the Bar are usually members of the Law Library.<\/p>\n<p>The Honourable Society of Kings Inns operates as a society and is controlled by the benchers of the Honourable Society of Kings Inns.\u00a0 The Benchers comprise a number of Judges and senior barristers.<\/p>\n<p>The Benchers control the courses of education provided at Kings Inn.\u00a0 The Kings Inns\u2019 cause awards a B. L. Bachelor of Law Degree.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kings_Inns\"><\/span>Kings Inns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Entrance to Kings Inns is by an entrance examination. \u00a0It is examined in core subjects similar to those in respect of the Incorporated Law Society. \u00a0Holders of approved law degrees or legal studies diplomas are eligible to sit the examinations. The B.L. course is available as a full-time and part-time course.<\/p>\n<p>The Kings Inns\u2019 cause awards a B. L. Bachelor of Law Degree. Upon completion of the B.L. degree, a successful student is called to the Bar.\u00a0 The barrister signs the roles of members in the Four Courts.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Calling_to_Bar\"><\/span>Calling to Bar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After being admitted to the Bar at barrister must enter a pupilage with a barrister of at least seven years standing. \u00a0Pupilage was formerly 12 months but is now more commonly 24 months.\u00a0 This effectively involves practical training in the skills of the barrister.<\/p>\n<p>On being called to the Bar a barrister becomes Junior Counsel or Barrister at Law.\u00a0 Barristers are required to be members of the Law Library. \u00a0The Law Library is situated in the Four Courts.\u00a0 Additional accommodation referred to as the new Law Library is provided in adjoining buildings adjoining the Four Courts.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of barristers who practice outside Dublin, they may not necessarily be based at the Law Library. \u00a0Some barristers have their own chambers and officers in Cork.\u00a0 There is a Bar Library in Cork.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Regulation-2\"><\/span>Regulation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Barristers must operate as sole traders.\u00a0 They may not enter partnerships with other barristers nor may they incorporate.\u00a0 Bar members are entitled to engage in advertising on similar terms to solicitors.\u00a0 However, the nature of their profession is that they do not provide services directly to the public but rather to instructing solicitors.<\/p>\n<p>The Bar Council of Island is responsible for discipline and conduct matters.\u00a0 It publishes a professional code of conduct with which barristers must comply. \u00a0Barristers have duties to the Court which in some respects rank ahead of their duties to clients.\u00a0 They must not mislead a Court.<\/p>\n<p>Barristers who breach disciplinary codes may be cautioned.\u00a0 In a serious case, they may be suspended or expelled from the Law Library. \u00a0The professional practices of the Bar Council comprise a number of lay members.\u00a0 They may impose fines, caution, suspend or exclude a member from the Law Library. They may recommend that a barrister may be disbarred.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly barristers were immune from being sued in respect of their advocacy in Court.\u00a0 This rule was reversed by the House of Lords approximately ten years ago and is likely to be reversed in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The Law Society and Bar Council of Ireland provide that solicitors and barristers respectively must engage in a certain amount of continuing legal education in each practice year.\u00a0 This is a condition of maintaining a practising certificate and good standing.\u00a0 Failure to do so is a disciplinary offence.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Instruction\"><\/span>Instruction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Barristers are instructed by solicitors. The codes of conduct permit direct instruction by members of the public in a limited number of cases only. \u00a0The barrister may not sue for his fees.<\/p>\n<p>However, it would generally be unethical for a solicitor not to pay barristers\u2019 fees. \u00a0Direct access is permitted by accountants and certain other bodies such as architects, surveyors, tax consultants and certain financial industry bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Senior barristers may become Senior Counsel.\u00a0 Senior Counsels are members of the so-called inner bar. A barrister need not necessarily become Senior Counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The role is slightly different to that of Junior Counsel. \u00a0Appointment to the Senior Bar is made by the government on the advice of the Attorney General in liaison with the Bar Council.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Senior_Counsel\"><\/span>Senior Counsel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In more important High Court cases there may be a Senior Counsel accompanied by Junior Counsel as well as instructing solicitor. \u00a0The Junior Counsel may draft and prepare Court documents which the Senior Counsel may approve and settle.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Counsel will tend to appear and plead in the more complex and difficult legal cases in the High Court and Supreme Court.\u00a0 In practice, in many important cases, both a Senior and Junior Counsel are retained.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2159\" data-postid=\"2159\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2159 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulation Barristers are regulated by the Bar Council of Ireland.\u00a0 Legal education is administered and provided by the Honourable Society of Kings Inns.\u00a0 Members of the Bar are usually members of the Law Library. 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