barrister Originally in the UK, a member of one of the four Inns of Court who has been called to the Bar by his Inn. Barristers had the exclusive right of audience in the High Court and superior. A barristers professional conduct is under the control of the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar Re. S. (A Barrister) [1970] 1 Q.B. 160). A barrister intending to practise must spend 12 months as a pupil. His fees are an honorarium, and no action lies to recover them, nor is he liable for negligence in the performance of his professional duties (Rondel v. Worsley [1969] 1 A.C. 191). But a barristers immunity from suit extends only to work which is so intimately connected with the conduct of the case in court that it could properly be said to be a preliminary decision on the course to be pursued at the hearing in court (Saif Ali v. Sydney Mitchell & Co. (P. Third Party) [1980] A.C. 198, H.L.). The immunity has been lessened in recent years. The profession of lawyers is not in practise split in Malaysia into Barristers and Solicitors as elsewhere..