Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations A barrister who
proposes to accept instructions directly from a person who is not a solicitor
or officer of a government department or agency whose usual duties include
engaging lawyers must:
(a)
inform the prospective client in writing of:
(i)
the effect of rules 11 and 13,
(ii)
the fact that circumstances may require the client to
retain an instructing solicitor at short notice, and possibly during the
performance of the work,
(iii)
any other disadvantage which the barrister believes on
reasonable grounds may, as a real possibility, be suffered by the client if
the client does not retain an instructing solicitor,
(iv)
the relative capacity of the barrister in performing
barristers’ work to supply the requested facilities or services to the
client compared to the capacity of the barrister together with an instructing
solicitor to supply them, and
(v)
a fair description of the advocacy experience of the
barrister, and
(b)
obtain a written acknowledgement, signed by the prospective client, that he or
she has been informed of the matters in (a) above.