Barristers specialise in providing expert legal advice, representing clients in court and drafting legal documents. Solicitors normally give advice to and draft documents for their clients, or may instruct a barrister to provide this service.
Barristers are not able to provide some of the services that solicitors offer. For example, they are not allowed to hold clients’ money in an account and unless they have been authorised to do so, they will not be able to conduct litigation on your behalf in a Public Access matter.