I was fairly certain that Wakefield is in West Yorkshire, but for reasons which will become clear I confirmed that this is the case by using Google maps. Hat Tip to @Crime Counsel on twitter for drawing my attention to this extraordinary website promoting ‘Wakefield’ solictors which appears to have been translated from the original Russian into English using Google Translate or Babelfish
Will I need a Solicitor or Barrister in Wakefield?
Increasingly, a difference between barristers and solicitors has proved to become obscured because some solicitors secure the position in order to symbolise his or her clients in during later stages of legal proceedings and a growing amount of barristers deliver legal advice as well as the work conducted in court.
Helpfully, The draftsman – who may, as @Crime Counsel observed, have played a part of drafting Criminal Justice legislation, goes on to reveal….
Usually, solicitors provided advice for clients and, in criminal trials or litigation instances, organized their matters for them whereas the principle role of barristers would be to represent them at court. Yet, your initial point of contact will typically be the solicitors organisation. While a number of barristers will accept direct instructions from clients (mainly commercial kinds, especially pertaining to tax and insolvency), the large majority are not and are only addressed by means of a solicitor.
Even so, many that do, can often prove less expensive than utilizing a solicitor yet you have to understand how to utilize barristers and not hold expectations of the clerical backing supplied with a legal practice.
Solicitor: a Solicitor will be qualified and skilled who will have achieved post-graduate certification as well as a 2 year work placement including training….
It does get worse…..or, if you fancy a laugh….better…
It appears that the web developers may have consulted the very helpful web guide for ‘Other Law Firms’ produced by Muttley Dastardly LLP here and here (Get your ass out there)
That is one strange website.
Domain Name:SOLICITORSWAKEFIELD.ORG
Created On:15-Mar-2010 01:10:49 UTC
Last Updated On:14-May-2010 03:49:13 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Mar-2011 01:10:49 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:GoDaddy.com, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Registrant Name:Anthony Munns
Registrant Street1:Apartment 14
Registrant Street2:Britannia Buildings
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Huddersfield
Registrant State/Province:West Yorkshire
Registrant Postal Code:HD1 1EX
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+7.889996683
Googling on that mobile phone number took me to http://nubirthmedia.com
“At Nubirthmedia, we offer web design and development, tableless design, HTML, CSS, search engine optimisation, SEO, e-commerce, video promotion, podcasts, editing, filming and graphic design with an environmentally concious [sic] approach. Covering Lancashire, West, East, South, North Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Cumbria, Nottinghamshire, West midlands, Birmingham, London, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Preston, Wakefield, Bury, York, Huddersfield, Mirfield, Liverpool, Bury, Bolton, Hull, Southport, Rochdale, Stockport.”
Mirfield? I’d never heard of it and it doesn’t belong in such a list.
That’s all fine and dandy design wise but where are the Wakefield solicitors? All i can see are the Birmingham 2!