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of which extended full rights of audience to solicitors in any court. Despite this many solicitors often encountered hostility from judges when exercising their right of audience for many years after the change in the law, particularly due to the fact that solicitors did not wear wigs or gowns and
259:, any person accompanying the litigant may exercise rights of audience under the Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order. However, a lay representative does not have right of audience in the absence of the litigant. 132:. However, solicitors have always had rights of audience in the magistrates' court and the county court. Solicitors' clerks have also traditionally been allowed to be heard in proceedings in chambers in the 344: 168:, ss.36-39. The 1999 Act removed earlier restrictions on employed lawyers, such as counsel for corporations, exercising rights of audience (ss.37-38) 279:. The relevant provision (section 12) defining "reserved legal activity" to include advocacy services, came into force on 1 January 2010 under 136:, such as summonses for directions (now known as case management hearings), and subsequent changes have preserved these rights. Also, in 1972 137: 343:
Following the removal of the requirement of barristers (and subsequently judges) to wear wigs this distinction has further dissipated.
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had rights of audience in every court in England and Wales, and, as of 2018, they still enjoy rights of audience in every court in
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i.e. Fellow of the Association having completed an advocacy course. (Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Order 2006 SI 2006/3333)
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Except as set out above, other persons have no right of audience. A litigant in person may, however, have the assistance of a
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the Legal Services Act 2007 (Commencement No. 6, Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009
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thus, in the judges' view (all of whom were, at that time, ex-barristers) were not 'dressed for court'.
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finally removed the requirement of legal practitioners (including barristers) to wear wigs or robes.
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Post-independence the Republic of Ireland continued to restrict the right of audience (
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but require specific additional qualifications to appear in the higher courts (as a
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to represent clients in the superior courts also. There is no such distinction in
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who does not address the court but can offer advice and support to the litigant.
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Rights of audience were granted to a wider class of persons under the
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Legal right of a lawyer to appear in court on behalf of their client
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person who is not a lawyer that assists a party to a legal matter
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level and above to barristers. This was changed by the
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person appearing in court without legal representation
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Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order 1999,
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These rights have been preserved and extended by the
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on any appeal or committal for sentence in the case.
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Index

Right of audience
common law
lawyer
court
English law
barristers
superior court
solicitors
solicitor advocate
American law
advocates
jurisdiction
County Court
magistrates' courts
justice of the peace courts
person appearing in court without legal representation
person who is not a lawyer that assists a party to a legal matter
English law
court
barristers
England and Wales
High Court
Lord Hailsham
St Marylebone
Lord Chancellor
Courts Act 1971
Crown Court
Lord Hailsham's announcement is here
Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
Access to Justice Act 1999

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