Direct access is a scheme which qualifies barristers to take instructions directly from a client, enabling them to instruct a barrister without first going through a solicitor. Our barristers are specialist legal advisors and can deal with a wide variety of legal problems. Direct and early advice from a barrister generally produces a quicker and less costly resolution. Please read the Bar Standards Board's Public Access Guidance for Lay Clients, which explains how the Public Access scheme works and shows members of the public ("lay clients") how they can use it to instruct barristers directly.