Paying for a Barrister

[avril.stone]

If you have been granted legal aid can you pay extra to get a good Barrister for a Crown Court case?

[NORMANTHEDOG]

the point of legal aid is for people with no money or very little,if they were to see you paying money,they might ask you to pay the whole bill.

[Morty Vicar]

If someone has either elected trial or been committed to the Crown Court, chances are the instructed solicitors will instruct a barrister to act. Although some solicitors exercise rights of audience in the CC, most will instruct the bar and legal aid will normally be extended to cover this.