Brendan Burgess
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73.—No professional code shall operate to prevent a barrister from
providing legal services in relation to a matter, other than a contentious
matter, where his or her instructions on that matter were
received directly from a person who is not a solicitor.
Section 75 requires the Authority to engage in a public consultation process, to be completed within 18 months of the
establishment of the Authority, and to provide a report to the Minister on—
....
• the implications of barristers being permitted to receive instructions directly from persons in contentious matters and the
reforms, whether administrative, legislative or to existing professional codes, that would be necessary to allow this.
providing legal services in relation to a matter, other than a contentious
matter, where his or her instructions on that matter were
received directly from a person who is not a solicitor.
Section 75 requires the Authority to engage in a public consultation process, to be completed within 18 months of the
establishment of the Authority, and to provide a report to the Minister on—
....
• the implications of barristers being permitted to receive instructions directly from persons in contentious matters and the
reforms, whether administrative, legislative or to existing professional codes, that would be necessary to allow this.