Tanya Khan, the Association of Corporate Counsel's managing director, Australia and Asia Pacific has told Lawyers Weekly that she is seeing more of this practice. She said: 'It uses the skills of in-house legal to instruct and obtain succinct expert or timely advice or representation at a fee commensurate with the barrister's experience, but generally at a lower cost than if obtained through a law firm.'

Victorian Bar

Going direct has always been possible, but was not widely used. However, more interest appears to have been raised in this way of doing things after the Victorian Bar began partnering in this way with IAG. Source: Lawyers Weekly