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Online barrister service hits crowdfunding target as Stobart demise “clears way”
Tuesday, 27 May 2014Online barrister service myBarrister last week exceeded its target of raising £150,000 through crowd-funding. It has now raised more than £163,000 in just over two months from 65 individual investors – the largest of whom has put in £50,000.
Tags: Barristers, direct access, Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Marketing & PR
Right to conduct litigation spurs barrister’s high street direct access business
Friday, 7 March 2014One of the first barristers to receive authority from the Bar Standards Board to conduct litigation has said her fixed-fee direct access business has been so successful she plans to licence the venture to other barristers.
Tags: direct access, Right to conduct litigation
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
Barrister-led firm becomes first dedicated tax ABS
Thursday, 17 October 2013A multi-disciplinary tax planning firm with a barrister as its only lawyer, has entered into regulation with the Solicitors Regulation Authority in order to offer clients tax law advice within an alternative business structure.
Tags: direct access
Posted in Latest news
Internet marketers launch map-based direct access service
Tuesday, 6 August 2013An internet marketing specialist has launched a new map directory for public access barristers. Nick Draycott, director of GoDirect2Barristers.com, has adapted online mapping technology to produce a site which he argues offers improved direct access to the Bar.
Tags: direct access
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Exclusive: first direct access website for barristers to bid for work goes live – and it’s free
Tuesday, 25 June 2013A free online ‘community resource’ that enables direct access barristers to tender for clients’ work has been launched by the head of a London chambers. CallMyBarrister.com goes live today with a “unique tendering model” that its founder compared to that of a dating website.
Tags: direct access, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news, Market monitor
Chambers becomes first ABS licensed by the SRA without a solicitor
Tuesday, 11 June 2013A London chambers has become the first alternative business structure licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority that does not have any solicitors. Richmond Chambers LLP is a niche immigration set that focuses on direct access work.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, direct access, public access, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Overcharged by a solicitor? Go to a barrister instead, says new direct access service
Thursday, 28 March 2013Barristers’ bid to persuade consumers to come direct to them for legal advice has stepped up with a new direct access service claiming that more than half of Britons think solicitors overcharge. Absolute Barrister claims to be able to halve the cost of some legal matters.
Tags: direct access
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Hundreds of clients already “seeking comfort” of the Eddie Stobart brand
Wednesday, 1 August 2012The strength of the Eddie Stobart brand means that hundreds of people a week are already seeking advice from its new barrister service, the company’s group legal director has told this website.
Tags: Barristers, direct access, fixed fees, public access
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Here come the ‘baby barristers’ as BSB bids to scrap public access ban
Thursday, 26 July 2012Competition between solicitors and barristers is to step up a gear with Bar Standards Board plans to allow counsel with less than three years’ practising experience – so-called ‘baby barristers’ – to start accepting public access instructions.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, direct access, Legal Services Board, public access
Posted in Barristers, Latest news
First start-up ABS hits the Bar early
Tuesday, 24 July 2012Red Bar Law has become the first start-up alternative business structure, offering clients early access to barristers and costs savings of at least 30%. It is the brainchild of a solicitor and business consultant.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Barristers, direct access
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
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