Direct Access Barrister
“An excellent lawyer, powerful advocate, skilful draftsman and feared opponent”
Marc Beaumont, is a senior direct access barrister based in London, he is known across the country as a pioneer – and in the view of many people, the pioneer – of the scheme known as Public Access.
Marc was the architect in 2000 of the original scheme of direct access to the Bar. Since 2004, he has become a recognised pioneer of and innovator in the field of direct access to the Bar and has built the leading on-line direct access barrister practice in England & Wales. He is now authorised to conduct litigation in his own right.
Marc has been acting for businesses and individuals on a direct basis since the advent of the Public Access scheme in 2004.
Despite his seniority, Marc’s fees are excellent value for money.
If you would like a fast appraisal of the suitability of your case for direct access,
- Please Call: 01753 839321 or 07880 830890
- or Email Me with a (max) 500 word summary
- or submit your details below via our online form
If Marc Beaumont is not available, please leave your telephone number and e-mail address with his Secretary.
Direct & Public Access barrister services and the conduct of litigation
If Marc accepts your case, he will act as your direct access barrister without the need for a solicitor, thereby saving you substantial sums in costs.
Marc has the right to conduct litigation on a direct access basis in his own right. In High Court property and commercial litigation, Marc now conducts cases from start to finish using the much simplified e-filing procedures in the Rolls Building in London.
Despite those costs savings, you will have access to:
- 40 years of experience as a barrister
- a direct access barrister who has conducted several thousand cases on direct access
- expert legal, strategic and tactical advice
- expertise in court advocacy in the High Court (Chancery and Queen’s Bench Divisions) and County Court and other tribunals
- expertise in appellate advocacy in the Court of Appeal, Civil Division
- skilled drafting of court documents, such as Skeleton Arguments and pleadings (Particulars of Claim and Defences)
- expert drafting of pre-trial correspondence, including letters before claim and pre-action protocol letters
- a skilled negotiator
- an experienced mediator and arbitrator
- a barrister who will not waste your money
- a barrister who cares
- a barrister who will fight hard, if necessary
- from April 2014, Marc has been authorised through BLS to conduct litigation and so can issue and serve proceedings for you and, in a suitable case, do any of the work that a solicitor can do, as well as provide the expertise of an experienced barrister.
Marc Beaumont has made Bar history in this field by:
- moving a visionary Bar Council motion on direct access barristers in 2000
- lobbying successfully on the Bar Council for a scheme of direct access to the Bar in the face of firm opposition
- conducting the first ever Public Access instruction at 9 am on the inaugural day of the scheme in 2004
- conducting in 2005 the first ever Public Access case to reach the Court of Appeal.
- being featured as The Times, “Lawyer of the Week,” for having been the first barrister to conduct a case in the Court of Appeal with a client instructing the barrister under the Public Access scheme. See the article here.
- campaigning and lobbying for a rule change to permit direct access barristers to correspond for their clients– a key reform in 2010
Marc acts on a direct access basis in all the work categories listed on this website. Commercial, business, property, judicial review, professional disciplinary work, Arbitration and Mediation.