This paper takes as its context the decision of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales to abandon before the event regulation of lower court trial advocacy. Although solicitors will continue to acquire rights of audience on qualification, they will no longer be required to undertake training or assessment in witness examination, by contrast with other, competing, legal professions. Their opportunities to acquire competence outside the classroom will remain limited. The paper first explores this context and its implications for the three key factors of rights to perform, competence and regulatory accountability. The current regulatory system is then displayed as a Hohfeldian network of rights and duties held in tension between stakeholders intended to inhibit the incompetent exercise of rights to conduct trial advocacy. The SRA's proposal weakens this tension field and threatens the competitive position of solicitors. The paper therefore finally offers a radical alternative reconceptualisation of rights of audience in terms of Waldron's ‘responsibility rights’ as a solution, albeit one with significant implications for the individual advocate. This model, applicable globally, is closer to notions of societal good and professionalism than to those of the competitive market, whilst inhibiting incompetent performance and remediating the SRA's approach.

中文翻译：

---

律师的听众、能力和监管权：一种责任权方法

本文以英格兰和威尔士的律师监管局决定放弃对下级法院审判辩护的事前监管为背景。尽管律师将继续获得资格出庭的权利，但与其他竞争性法律专业相比，他们将不再需要接受证人审查方面的培训或评估。他们在课堂之外获得能力的机会仍然有限。本文首先探讨了这一背景及其对执行权、能力和监管责任这三个关键因素的影响。当前的监管体系随后显示为霍费尔德式的权利和义务网络，利益相关者之间存在紧张关系，旨在抑制无能行使审判辩护的权利。SRA 的提议削弱了这种紧张局势并威胁到律师的竞争地位。因此，这篇论文最终提供了一种激进的替代观众权利的重新概念化，将沃尔德伦的“责任权”作为一种解决方案，尽管它对个人倡导者具有重要意义。这种适用于全球的模式更接近于社会公益和专业精神的概念，而不是竞争市场的概念，同时抑制了不称职的表现并纠正了 SRA 的方法。尽管对个人倡导者有重大影响。这种适用于全球的模式更接近于社会公益和专业精神的概念，而不是竞争市场的概念，同时抑制了不称职的表现并纠正了 SRA 的方法。尽管对个人倡导者有重大影响。这种适用于全球的模式更接近于社会公益和专业精神的概念，而不是竞争市场的概念，同时抑制了不称职的表现并纠正了 SRA 的方法。