The line between the work of barristers and solicitors is becoming increasingly blurred as both professions undergo simultaneous transformations. For those practising independently at the Bar, these changes undoubtedly affect working styles, as well as the nature of their relationship with solicitors.
Since it is now an established practice for law firms to employ in-house barristers, many firms now have their own internal capabilities to provide their clients with at least some (and, in many cases, most) services that in the past were provided almost invariably by independently practising members of the Bar.
