How to instruct us:
Stage 1 – Initial contact
The identity of the other party to the disputeOur clerks can be contacted by telephone, email, fax or letter. The information they will need is:
- Your name and contact details
- Whom you represent
- The nature of the dispute (eg unfair dismissal claim, contract dispute, hearing before a professional body)
- Work required (eg representation at a hearing, opinion in writing, advice on merits, procedure, evidence or quantum)
- Any relevant deadlines (eg court date, directions timetable dates)
Stage 2 – Brief to Counsel
Our clerks will ask you to send copies of the relevant documents to Chambers with a covering letter. This is commonly known as a Brief to Counsel. You do not incur any liability for the barrister’s fees by doing this. The barrister will review the papers and make an assessment of the amount of work required.
Stage 3 – Instructing Counsel
Our clerks will contact you to agree a fee for the work that needs to be done. If you are happy with the fee, you will be sent two copies of a ‘client care’ letter that contains standard terms suggested by the Bar Council. It will say what the barrister is instructed to do, any relevant timescale, the fee for the work and the terms of payment. You are asked to read the ‘client care’ letter carefully, sign one copy and return it to Chambers.
If you have any queries at any stage our clerks will be happy to help
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