Junior lawyers are lawyers who specialize in non-litigation business or part of litigation business in common law system. In litigation, his right to speak in court is limited. Lawyers mainly engage in non-litigation legal services such as civil and commercial affairs, defend in lower courts such as local courts and magistrates' courts, negotiate with parties on behalf of barristers, accept cases, meet witnesses and investigate and collect evidence.
What is a barrister?
Barristers are also called "litigants" in legal terms, referring to lawyers who handle criminal cases. The difference between a barrister and a solicitor is simple. It is a tradition in the British legal system that barristers must wear white wigs. In addition, barristers can't take cases by themselves, and barristers' cases are all transferred by solicitors. When a client asks a barrister, he must first ask a junior lawyer, and then the junior lawyer will transfer him to the barrister.
The difference between junior lawyers and senior lawyers
1, different jobs
(1) Barristers are trial lawyers, but barristers can't take cases by themselves, and barristers' cases are all transferred by solicitors. When a client asks a barrister, he must first ask a junior lawyer, and then the junior lawyer will transfer him to the barrister.
(2) Solicitors are close to non-litigious lawyers, engaged in non-litigious legal services such as civil and commercial affairs, appearing in court to defend in lower courts such as local courts and magistrates' courts, negotiating with parties on behalf of barristers, accepting cases, meeting witnesses, investigating and collecting evidence, etc.
2. Different areas of work
(1) barristers tend to focus on a certain professional field and are not suitable for beginners. In fact, the exact name of Dafang in Hong Kong is "barrister", and some citizens in Hong Kong will commonly call Dafang a barrister. But this barrister is not a popular name for some famous lawyers in Chinese mainland. In legal terminology, a barrister is also called a "litigant".
(2) The market space for lawyers is broader. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; according to their business scope, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; according to their clients and working status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
3. Dress differently when you appear in court
(1) Trial lawyers are required to wear wigs. The reason why Hong Kong barristers wear wigs is the system preserved in Britain.
(2) barristers don't wear wigs, and barristers' robes are different from barristers' robes.
4. The venue of the hearing is different.
(1) Only barristers can sit in the High Court and the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.
(2) Lawyers cannot speak in the High Court and the Court of Final Appeal, and can only represent in specialized courts, such as the Magistrate's Court, except in non-litigation cases. However, in recent years, due to some special circumstances, some experienced lawyers have been allowed to defend their clients in higher courts.