barrister
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Prosecuting barrister Lucy Organ told the court: ''This almost laughable incident demonstrates quite how far the defendant was willing to go in his deceit.''
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
When questioned by Brand's barrister on why none of the people who may have seen what happened did not raise concerns, the woman said: "It was not the present-day environment."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
A defence barrister also outlined that Corrigan had already spent 10 months in jail and that he suffered from ill health, including prostate cancer.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a novelist, Gardam won special acclaim for her Old Filth trilogy, published between 2004 and 2013, about an elderly English barrister and judge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Let me make this promise, Vivian. If you become a barrister, I shall buy you your peruke.”
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves, referred their sentences to the Court of Appeal, with barristers for the government arguing that the original sentences did not "meet the justice of this terrible case".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Severin added that the retired senior judges and leading barristers, who sat on the Commission, have "spent their careers interpreting complicated facts, dealing with witnesses and applying relevant weight to evidence".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland are now due to return to covering legal aid funded Crown Court cases after coming to an agreement in their dispute over fees earlier this month.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The second phase - which has not been fully reported until now - saw the judge set out a lengthy and legally complex reasoning for the court record so that barristers could understand his thinking.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
“One of those white wigs that British barristers plop on top of their heads when they are trying a case.”
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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