{"id":10512,"date":"2018-03-03T12:34:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T02:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2018-03-03T12:34:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T02:04:01","slug":"barrister-vs-solicitor-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/2018\/03\/03\/barrister-vs-solicitor-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrister vs Solicitor: what\u2019s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often the terms <em>Barrister<\/em> and <em>Solicitor<\/em> are used interchangeably, or you will see a firm advertising they are Barristers and Solicitors. The main difference is that a client cannot engage a Barrister without first engaging a Solicitor. You cannot call a Barrister direct seeking legal advice or assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, a Solicitor is the person that you will work with most, as they will be involved in the day-to-day running of your legal matter. This includes telephone and email communication, drafting correspondence and court documents, and the administrative running of the file. A Solicitor generally only appears in court for preliminary and interim hearings where administrative issues are discussed.<\/p>\n<p>A Barrister, or Counsel, is commonly engaged by a Solicitor for their specialised knowledge on a particular legal issue or to assist the Solicitor in drafting complex legal documents.<\/p>\n<p>Barristers are highly advantageous to have in a legal matter as they have a great deal of knowledge in the relevant legal issue and piloting through the court process.<\/p>\n<p>Each matter and legal issue is different. The more complex they are, the more necessary engaging a Barrister may become.<\/p>\n<p>The Solicitors at Hume Taylor &amp; Co in Adelaide, Whyalla and Millicent are experienced in dealing with a range of Barristers and can assist in any legal matter you may have. Call us on 8223 3199 to <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/contact\/\">make an appointment <\/a>today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often the terms Barrister and Solicitor are used interchangeably, or you will see a firm advertising they are Barristers and Solicitors. The main difference is that a client cannot engage a Barrister without first engaging a Solicitor. You cannot call a Barrister direct seeking legal advice or assistance. Generally, a Solicitor is the person that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[190,191,40],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-10512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-information","tag-barrister","tag-legal-advice","tag-solicitor-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10512"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humetaylor.com.au\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=10512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}