(n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney.
Example Sentences:
(1) That motivation is echoed by Nicola Saunders, 25, an Edinburgh University graduate who has just been called to the bar to practise as a barrister and is tutoring Moses, an ex-convict, in maths.
(2) A sweet-talking man in a suit who enlists the most successful barrister in town holds remarkable sway, I’ve learned.
(3) However, John's first stage success, A Dock Brief – set in the cells, where an incompetent barrister counsels himself and his convicted client – was rooted in his own nervousness about failure and his permanent terror at having responsibility for another's fate.
(4) Figures released by the MoJ show that 1,200 barristers earned a minimum of £100,000 each from criminal legal aid last year.
(5) The pair’s barrister, Charanjit Jutla, said both men were of good character and deeply regretted their conduct.
(6) Julian Knowles, a barrister from London's Matrix Chambers specialising in extradition cases, said there was a definite need for changes.
(7) It is also a shame that the Government has tried to put the blame for its own actions onto barristers, when the truth is that no-one can be criticised for deciding not accept a 30% cut.
(8) Rupert Myers is a barrister specialising in criminal law
(9) The 15-page speech on "the limits of law" was delivered by Sumption – once one of Britain's highest-earning barristers – at the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last week.
(10) Abramovich said little and spoke only in Russian, with the judge, Dame Elizabeth Gloster, and a packed courtroom of barristers, security guards and supporters listening to a translation via headphones.
(11) Although Alan Hills did not go quite as far as Redknapp's barrister in characterising the football boss's business sense as "disastrous", he admitted Redknapp's decision to invest £250,000 in a failed bid to take over Oxford United – money that was never to be seen again – had been "very unsuccessful".
(12) However, the barrister says they could link up with others in Northern Ireland and Britain, such as the Occupy movement and UK Uncut, who are equally disgusted at the banks' behaviour during this long recession.
(13) The barrister, playwright and author Sir John Mortimer , who has died aged 85, was a man for all the seasons that touched his Chilterns garden, where he lived as profusely as he wrote, in a spirit of unjudgmental generosity.
(14) The case hit the buffers when the FCA's barrister disclosed a note from 2009 that the defence had not seen.
(15) My worry is it would stop women coming forward to seek help to protect their children.” Lucy Reed, a family law barrister, who runs the Transparency Project , which aims to increase understanding of the system, said opening up the courts further should be an issue for parliament to discuss.
(16) After her legal studies, Lady Scotland practised family law - not a field noted for high-flyers - as a barrister.
(17) Thurlbeck's barrister said sorry to the Dowler family for the hacking of their daughter Milly's phone at the time when she was missing in 2002, as did Mulcaire.
(18) Philippe Sands QC is Professor of Law at University College London and a barrister at Matrix Chambers
(19) It is understood Woodhead, who is also chairman of governors at Southbank, has commissioned a barrister to examine how Vahey came to be employed at the school, where annual fees are as much as £25,000.
(20) Criminal barristers will be driven from self-employment to work in-house.
Lawyer
Definition:
(n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
(n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
(n.) The bowfin (Amia calva).
(n.) The burbot (Lota maculosa).
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(3) Defence lawyers suggested this week that Anwar's accuser was a "compulsive and consummate liar" who may have been put up to it.
(4) The young European idealist who helped Leon Brittan, the British EU commissioner, to negotiate Chinese entry to the World Trade Organisation, also found his Spanish lawyer wife in Brussels.
(5) Antoine Comte, a lawyer for the Schloss heirs, said all the family wanted was the return of the painting.
(6) Gwendolen Morgan, the lawyer at Bindmans dealing with the case, said: "We have grave concerns about the decision to use this draconian power to detain our client for nine hours on Sunday – for what appear to be highly questionable motives, which we will be asking the high court to consider.
(7) The citizenship debate is tawdry, conflated and ultimately pointless | Richard Ackland Read more On Wednesday, the prime minister criticised lawyers for backing terrorists.
(8) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(9) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
(10) Sharif Mobley, 30, whose lawyers consider him to be disappeared, managed to call his wife in Philadelphia on Thursday, the first time they had spoken since February and a rare independent proof he is alive since a brief phone call with his mother in July.
(11) said Bengis, a Miami-based lawyer who campaigned hard for Hillary Clinton four years ago before she conceded the Democratic Party's nomination to Barack Obama.
(12) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
(13) But Steven Brounstein, a lawyer for one of the officers, said: 'For the DA to be equating this case to a drive-by shooting is absurd.
(14) With her expert legal aid and the help of her lawyers, I was released along with the 300 others who had been rounded up.
(15) We have the president of the tribunal, Sir Michael Burton, arguing that his work needs to be done in secret to secure the trust and co-operation of the intelligence services – but what about the trust of the British people and the confidence of the lawyers who seek to establish the rights of ordinary members of the public?
(16) Shaker Aamer , a Saudi who lived in London before travelling to Afghanistan, has given a statement to one of his lawyers in which he says British intelligence officers were present while Americans beat him and smashed his head against a wall.
(17) A lawyer advising one of the newspaper groups opposing the deal said: "All the regulator has to prove is that there is a potential for a reduction in plurality in the UK.
(18) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(19) His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian jail in 2009 after being refused medical treatment.
(20) We need to stop making excuses for them: But it is up to the state to close the loopholes Yes, the state must work continually to tighten and simplify the tax regime, which is a deliberate mess keeping an entire industry of accounting firms and tax lawyers fed.