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Litigants with limited funds should use direct access barristers to represent them in court rather than pay for McKenzie Friends, the Bar Council has argued. The Bar Council, along with the Law Society and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, supported the judiciary's call for a ban on professional McKenzie Friends.https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chantal-Aimée-Doerries-1-233x300.jpg