South African attorneys will note with great interest that the Bar Standards Board in England has now allowed rule changes that will allow solicitors in England to profit from instructing barristers from now on.   The new rules will allow a solicitors’ firm, instead of treating the advocates’ fees as disbursements only, to mark up the barrister’s account when billing the client so as to generate a profit.    It would be of great interest to see whether the South African Bar adopts a similar rule.