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<blockquote data-quote="Jon" data-source="post: 56243" data-attributes="member: 7075">True, commercial barristers do also need to take their clients' business interests/perspectives into consideration, so you'd have to draw a clearer distinction.You could distinguish between the two by focusing on the work they actually do. Do you prefer managing the case, gathering evidence, more investigative/fact-finding work, putting the case together? Or do you prefer oral advocacy*, appearing in court and presenting the legal arguments, and giving expert advice on complicated bits of law? Solicitors will be involved with the case right from the start and will have a longer-term relationship with the client. It will be the solicitor and not the client who instructs the barrister. Your point about teamwork is also valid.But also remember that this really only applies to disputes/contentious work. If you prefer transactional work, then it should be quite easy to answer...!(*solicitors can obtain rights of audience in higher courts and are increasingly providing advocacy, but the distinctions are still valid.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jon, post: 56243, member: 7075"] True, commercial barristers do also need to take their clients' business interests/perspectives into consideration, so you'd have to draw a clearer distinction. You could distinguish between the two by focusing on the work they actually do. Do you prefer managing the case, gathering evidence, more investigative/fact-finding work, putting the case together? Or do you prefer oral advocacy*, appearing in court and presenting the legal arguments, and giving expert advice on complicated bits of law? Solicitors will be involved with the case right from the start and will have a longer-term relationship with the client. It will be the solicitor and not the client who instructs the barrister. Your point about teamwork is also valid. But also remember that this really only applies to disputes/contentious work. If you prefer transactional work, then it should be quite easy to answer...! (*solicitors can obtain rights of audience in higher courts and are increasingly providing advocacy, but the distinctions are still valid.) [/QUOTE]

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