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barrister

[bar-uh-ster] / ˈbær ə stər /


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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

The DPP barrister said the book of evidence should be ready by that time.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Asked by Brain's defence barrister why they kept returning, the women said they feared being cut out of the movement which had become their life.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Soares' defence barrister said his client was neither fluent in either Tetum or English.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

But EA barristers said it had a general power to bring private prosecutions, and alternatively that allegations of conspiracy to defraud were connected to its functions.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

As part of the High Court trial in London, barristers for the car owners cited a report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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 pair's friendship began in 1996 when they were both barristers at Doughty Street Chambers, specialising in human rights.

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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