http://pinktape.co.uk/representation/who-needs-a-lawyer-anyway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-needs-a-lawyer-anyway a blog from the family bar Tue, 22 May 2012 17:04:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://pinktape.co.uk/representation/who-needs-a-lawyer-anyway/#comment-707 Law Review: Ministry of Truth and news from the law blogs « Charon QC Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:54:07 +0000 http://pinktape.co.uk/?p=925#comment-707 [...] Pink Tape aasks and then puts forward an answer…“Not social workers apparently. At least so says the British Association of Social Workers which offers representation from non-lawyers as a perk of its membership. Barristers (incorrectly referred to by BASW as solicitors) offering their services for free via FRU or the Bar Pro Bono Unit may not have the necessary expertise in social work practice and regulation to better their own service it seems from a piece in Community Care………….“ [...] [...] Pink Tape aasks and then puts forward an answer…“Not social workers apparently. At least so says the British Association of Social Workers which offers representation from non-lawyers as a perk of its membership. Barristers (incorrectly referred to by BASW as solicitors) offering their services for free via FRU or the Bar Pro Bono Unit may not have the necessary expertise in social work practice and regulation to better their own service it seems from a piece in Community Care………….“ [...]

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