barrister
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In mitigation, barrister Edward Butler said the defendant "will never stop being sorry".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
On Monday, his barrister, Michael Hayton KC, told the hearing his client is currently in Canada.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The thoroughness with which Callanan, an Irish barrister by profession, treats these travails is the most attractive feature of his book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"Prisoners on life sentences know they are unlikely to be released for a significant period, indeed they often have very little to come out to," criminal barrister Kama Melly KC explains.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
He’s sitting opposite, a newcomer, an interloper—a retired barrister with a square jaw, pitted nose, and great floppy ears.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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