Editing Barrister (section)

===Netherlands===
The [[Netherlands]] used to have a semi-separated legal profession comprising the lawyer and the ''procureur'', the latter resembling, to some extent, the profession of barrister. Under that system, lawyers were entitled to represent their clients in law, but were only able to file cases before the court at which they were registered. Cases falling under the jurisdiction of another court had to be filed by a ''procureur'' registered at that court, in practice often another lawyer exercising both functions. Questions were raised on the necessity of the separation, given the fact that its main purpose – the preservation of the quality of the legal profession and observance of local court rules and customs – had become obsolete. For that reason, the ''procureur'' as a separate profession was abolished and its functions merged with the legal profession in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocatenorde.nl/2118/consumenten/Nieuws/afschaffing-procuraat-per-1-september-2008-definitief.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426091455/http://www.advocatenorde.nl/2118/consumenten/Nieuws/afschaffing-procuraat-per-1-september-2008-definitief.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2012 |title=Afschaffing procuraat per 1 September 2008 definitief |publisher=Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten |date=22 August 2008 |access-date=2012-01-04 }}</ref> Currently, lawyers can file cases before any court, regardless of where they are registered. The only notable exception concerns civil cases brought before the [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands|Supreme Court]], which have to be handled by lawyers registered at the Supreme Court, thus gaining from it the title "lawyer at the Supreme Court".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cassation : the main task of the Supreme Court|url=https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Hoge-Raad-der-Nederlanden/Supreme-court-of-the-Netherlands/Paginas/Cassation-the-main-task-of-the-Supreme-Court.aspx|website=www.rechtspraak.nl|language=nl-NL|access-date=2020-05-01|archive-date=2017-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702182229/https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Hoge-Raad-der-Nederlanden/Supreme-court-of-the-Netherlands/Paginas/Cassation-the-main-task-of-the-Supreme-Court.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>