WorksheetsLaw Legal Professionals Intro
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Chapter 11 is called:
(a)
How many barristers is it estimated to be practicing at the moment in the UK?
(a)
What is the name of the professional body of the barristers
The Bar
The General Council of the Bar
The High Temple
The CPS
What do you need to qualify as a barrister?
Open university degree and legal experience in foreign affairs
Law Degree with 2:1 or non-legal degree with a one-year Graduate Diploma
Training under a barrister for 7 years
Law degree + training with a Judge on legal matters
Choose the correct answer: Identify the 4 different Inns
Lincon's Inn, Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Gray's Inn
Washington's Inn, Outside Temple, White Inn, Queen's Inn
The laughing donkey, The Karate Chicken, The Slim Lady, The Uganda Activist
Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Gray's Inn
Choose the wrong answer: To qualify as a Barrister from 2020, you must:
Complete a Bar Course Aptitude Test
Join of the Inns of Court
Complete a 12 weeks pupilage
Complete the Bar Professional Course, which is a one year full time course or two years part time course.
Barristers owe a duty of _____ to their clients:
Honor
Confidentiality
Seriousness
Honesty
If a client confesses their guilty to their barrister, the barrister must:
Represent their rights to the fullest
Refuse to take the case
Ask for more money
Cannot represent their client in a non-guilty stance.
A barrister's responsibilities while working as a prosecutor:
Outline the case to the court, lead defense witnesses, cross-examine prosecution witnesses.
Outline the case to the court, lead prosecution witnesses, cross-examine defense witnesses.
Present the case at the court, press charges and bring justice to the people.
Prepare speeches for the judges, closing & opening statements, prepare the witnesses.
What are the main responsibilties of a defense barrister? Choose the correct answer
Advice the strength and weakness of the case
Cross-examine the defense witness
Present mitigation factors to the judge when found not guilty
Work with the solicitor to prepare the appeal of the case with the witnesses.
What is Cab-rank rule?
A barrister can turn down a case even if it is within their area of expertise
A barrister can turn down a case if it is not within their area of legal knowledge
Barristers cannot turn down cases within their area of law and when they are free
Choose the correct scenario
Barristers can hire additional services and charge them to their client
Barristers can turn down a case that requires investigation or support services they cannot provide
Barristers can turn down a case that if the solicitor that brought the case has an immoral case
Barristers can turn down any case at any time with the justification of the Cab-Rank rule
Barristers can be reprimanded when?
When they breach their code of conduct
When they bring additional evidence without permission during discovery
When the barrister is practicing without a law degree
When a barrister denies to take a case
