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Solicitors continue to outnumber barristers as judges in county courts but still hardly appear in the higher echelons of the judiciary, the latest judicial figures have shown. Of the 438 county court ...

Lawyers and attorneys and counselors and solicitors and esquires and barristers, oh my! Why are lawyers called so many different things? OK, OK, there are a few choice others; I’ve only included the ...

IN the common law world, some countries maintain a split legal profession by separately recognizing the roles of “barrister” and “solicitor.” This division stems primarily from historical ties to the ...

Andrew Tiedt is an accredited specialist in criminal law and a director at J Sutton Associates. Speaking recently on The Lawyers Weekly Show, he discussed solicitors being advocates for their clients ...

A team of australia’s most eloquent barristers wouldn’t persuade Andrew Fegent that he’s doing dishonorable work. A solicitor for 25 years, the spruce 49-year-old sees himself and his colleagues in ...

An elderly Sydney barrister who described his sexual harassment of a young female solicitor as "attempted chivalry" has been ordered to have at least eight hours counselling.

Fahad Ansari’s case shows how far Britain’s police state will go — the ruling shreds legal privilege and every lawyer should be alarmed ...