A solicitor's main work is not related to litigation and includes overseeing grants, administering estates, drafting wills, dealing with employment, matrimonial and company law, and preparing for hearings, such as interviewing witnesses and Issue a writ. Clients can contact lawyers directly.
Solicitors' work can be broadly divided into four categories:
a) Litigation
Solicitors may represent clients before lower courts such as the Magistrates' Court or the District Court. In the High Court, unless the hearing is in chambers, the lawyer must appoint a barrister to appear on behalf of his client; the lawyer himself also handles the preparation work related to the litigation, such as organizing evidence, questioning witnesses, drafting statements of defence, and conducting preliminary Proceedings.
b) Real estate transfer certificate
When a house or other property is mortgaged or sold, the property transfer procedures are required. These documents are drafted in a law firm and signed and sealed to transfer property rights from one party to another.
c) Consulting
Lawyers spend most of their time providing oral or written legal advice to clients. Matters large and small can be the subject of consultation. Clients can consult to understand the legal position on various matters.
d) General matters
Including company registration, trademark registration, drafting wills, handling trusteeships and inheritances, divorce and alimony, executing loan agreements, share transactions, company transfers, joint ventures , commodity trading, etc.
D) General
Lawyers provide a wide range of legal services.
(2) Barrister
The main job of a barrister is to represent clients in court. He must act in the interests of his client and must not consider his own personal interests or the consequences for others. Barristers also advise solicitors on complex evidentiary issues or points of law. Barristers are often regarded as "legal advisers" and their profession is collectively known as "advocacy". His work includes the following:
a) Advising
Barristers, on instructions from solicitors, provide advice on legal positions in civil or criminal matters. During this process, the barrister advises the client on whether to proceed with litigation, proposes alternatives, applies knowledge of legal procedures and remedies, analyzes the facts of the case, weighs the potential benefits of different legal actions, and then provides advice to the client.
b) Preparation of the case
In civil litigation, the barrister must understand all the points related to the litigation before the trial and list them in the request or defense. These points also guide lawyers in preparing evidence that will be adduced in court during litigation. In criminal proceedings, much of a barrister's time is spent preparing the questions to be asked, strategies for cross-examining witnesses and the emphasis on certain important factual or legal points.
c) Appear in court
When appearing in court, the barrister’s task is to present the case on behalf of the client, ascertain the facts of the case through cross-examination and cross-examination, analyze the evidence, and weigh conflicting evidence. and make a final statement. It is also part of the barrister's job to represent clients in court to apply for bail, commutation of sentence and other intermediary procedures.