Are you looking to review and implement best practice for public access instructions in your chambers?
In our course you’ll learn the skills, understand the regulatory requirements, and gain confidence to support a successful public access practice for your barristers in chambers.
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Who is this course for?
Clerks and Practice Managers who want to manage and support public access barristers and their clients.
What will I learn?
Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll:
- Be able to use and implement resources, systems and processes to support public access barristers and public access clients
- Recognise the risks with public access work and know how to mitigate them
- Develop excellence in client communication and client relationship management
- You'll understand:
- Your barristers' responsibilities to their public access clients
- The regulatory rules for client money and payments in advance
- Considerations for accurate fee estimates and fixed fees
- The importance of client care letters in public access instructions
- How the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 might apply to public access instructions
After the course
- You’ll have the knowledge to support a successful public access practice for your chambers
- You’ll have access to resources such as guidance documents and a workbook specific to our course to support public access practice
Why pick us?
The Bar Council is the voice of the barrister profession – representing and supporting the nearly 18,000 barristers in England and Wales, and championing the rule of law and access to justice.
We run an extensive training and events programme tailored to the needs of barristers and chambers staff. All our trainers have worked in the legal sector, bringing their professional experience in to the course.
Our training focuses on day-to-day application, drawing on real-life case studies and the latest updates in the sector, so you’ll come away with practical advice, knowledge and resources to embed your learning straight away.
We know that not everyone likes to learn in the same way, so we offer a range of formats including in person, online and on-demand. And if you want to learn as a group in your chambers or organisation we can come to you. We offer discounts for group bookings, and Bar Representation Fee subscribers always get 20% off all our training and events.
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Prices
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4 hours towards your CPD learning objectives.
Prices: £200 + VAT | 4 CPD hours