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27 July 2012 / Carol Ann Markham
Issue: 7524 / Categories: Features , Profession
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Barristerlink.com

Why it’s time to link in!

Why use Barristerlink?

Barristerlink is a new online portal service that allows solicitors to contact numerous sets of chambers simultaneously to check counsel availability. The service is FREE to solicitors as it is funded by chambers which pay a monthly marketing fee to have their details marketed on the site. Barristerlink can be used by any organisation that has employed solicitors within it, such as local authority legal departments, insurers, company in-house legal departments and other new legal alternative business structures.

How it works

Register on the website www.barristerlink.com and complete the “Who’s available?” questionnaire. Your enquiry form is sent to all chambers (without disclosing your details) that have registered for this particular category of case. You will then receive return e-mails from chambers through Barristerlink letting you know who is available. You are not compelled to contact any of the responding chambers.

Solicitors are asked to set out the basis of funding, ie private, conditional fee agreement or legal aid. Additionally they can ask chambers to

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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