... preparing wills or leases. They also have limited rights of audience in court, mainly making applications in the County court where cases are not defended. They are the first port of call for the members of the public requiring legal advice. Solicitors do work ranging from advising on takeovers of multinational corporations to advising on welfare benefits, and from defending a company charged with polluting to a human rights case. Most solicitors tend to specialize in different areas of law. The Courts and legal services act 1990 and the more recent access to Justice act gives solicitors the right to do advocacy so they can also appear in court as advocates but need to gain an advocacy certificate before they can do advocacy and also this enables them to become Q.C's. There has only been 1100 solicitors who have taken up advocacy so far. Solicitors have also always had the right to ...

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