You don’t need to go to a barrister via a lawyer any more – in London or elsewhere in the U.K. – you can go DIRECT.

The main advantage to you is COST. You might have to do some work for it but that is inevitable.

The following Introduction to Direct Access to a Barrister is taken from the Bar Council guidance to Lay Clients ( that’s YOU )

THE PUBLIC ACCESS SCHEME GUIDANCE FOR LAY CLIENT Introduction The purpose of this Guide is to explain how the public access scheme works and to show how lay clients can use it to instruct barristers. What is public access? Members of the public may now go directly to a barrister without having to involve an instructing solicitor or other intermediary. In the past it was necessary for clients to use a solicitor or other recognised third party through whom the barrister would be instructed. Although the barrister’s role remains essentially the same, members of the public may instruct a barrister directly through the public access scheme. What are the advantages of the public access scheme? The main advantage of the public access scheme is that it could potentially save you money whilst giving you access to the Bar, since you would be paying for a barrister only instead of a barrister and solicitor. However, although the barrister would be able to deal with most aspects of the case, you could have to assist in some limited areas, generally with filing documents with the court. This is explained in more detail below. Is my case suitable for public access? Public access is available in all types of work that barristers can do, except for work funded out of legal aid. It is most suitable for reasonably straightforward cases. It is likely to be inappropriate in cases involving children. If you are not sure whether your case would be suitable for public access, you should contact an appropriate barrister (see below) of his or her clerk and seek an initial view. If the barrister considers that your case would benefit from the involvement of a solicitor, he or she will tell you so. A barrister may choose whether or not to take a public access case. The factors which he or she will take into account are discussed below. How do I make use of the public access scheme? For more information contact: the Professional Practice Team on 020 7611 1444 2 To use the scheme, you would have to instruct a barrister yourself. Further details of how to do this are given in this guidance.

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An amazing collection of Beauty, Hair, Health and Therapy businesses have been brought together at The Trinity in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, East Midlands and this community even extends to Art, Makeup, Photography and Music.

People are flocking to The Trinity from all around Staffordshire and Derbyshire to see this amazing renovation and sample the skills of people like Suk Ram of Wowow! Hair and others. When people come into the building the first thing they do is look up and go .. Wow !!

Growing in popularity are the regular monthly Motives Makeovers where people are given FREE mini makeovers on the last Thursday of every month between 5 and 7 pm.

Motives is a makeup line that includes ranges for light and darker skinned people. The founders are friends of the Kardashians, JLo and other US celebrities and the makeup is used by Celebrity makeup artists all over the world.

Above we have mua Claire Taylor working with Events and Promotions Manager Suzanne Amesbury from The Ritz – just across the road from The Trinity.

Below is former Voice finalist Sheena McHugh who sang in a small, intimate concert of Voice and X Factor finalists. The intimacy of the event and the amazing acoustics made it a memorable event for musicians and the audience.

Sheena is just one of the celebrities that have graced The Trinity. Others include cosplayer Kira ” Cosplay ” Hopcroft who travelled from the North of London to get to Burton on Trent and attend one of the Motives makeovers.

Kira appears above with resident artist and photographer Martine Warner and owner of Wowow! Hair Suk Ram.

Burton on Trent and the East Midlands is now benefiting from the excitement surrounding the excellent businesses that Trinity owner Steven Wardle has assembled.