Only those advocates who became Barristers in U.K. maintain their honorific title of barristers. Only experienced barristers or solicitors are usually appointed as judges. The legal profession includes both barristers and solicitors with most barristers also acting as solicitors. Recorders are barristers or solicitors in private practice, who sit part-time as judges. He has practised as a barrister sole at the Barristers. Hong Kong makes a distinction between barristers and solicitors. The legal profession in Hong Kong is also divided into two branches&colon; barristers and solicitors. Both barristers and solicitors have gone through law school, completed the requisite practical training. In Nigeria, there is no formal distinction between barristers and solicitors. In many countries the traditional divisions between barristers and solicitors are breaking down. It reduces the distinction between solicitors and barristers. It further reduces the distinction between solicitors and barristers. Following the English tradition, Ireland has both barristers and solicitors. As in New Zealand, there is no formal distinction between barristers and solicitors. However, the boundary between barristers and solicitors has evolved.