Hi,
I am going through a divorce with the help of the solicitors who believe it's a case of a clean break.
We are now approaching a Financial Dispute Resolution hearing and my solicitors recommend hiring a barrister, because as they say this may help a lot to achieve settlement during the hearing and be done with it.
Now, I already kind of agreed, but it turns out I can't talk to the barrister directly and have to go through solicitors. Specifically, they will instruct the barrister prior to the hearing only.
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with being represented by someone I can't even communicate directly with.
Any ideas? Am I wrong and are my solicitors right?
Thanks!