There are two types of legal professions in law which are solicitors and barristers.
A solicitor's work is very spread out and different from a barristers work, if someone is having legal problems like getting a divorce they can go to a solicitor and get information and legal advice on how to get a divorce, the client will get charged per hour by the solicitor for the time and if the client doesn't pay the solicitor can sue him and claim his money in court.
Most solicitors deal with legal aspects and some might deal with sole trader businesses e.g. if a sole trader business is thinking of forming a partnership they might get a solicitor to do all the legal work by making them sign contracts and informing them about how the prophets and investments can be divided.
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