barrister
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Her father was a barrister, her mother an English teacher who, in a previous life, had also been going to audition after audition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa had a "weapons obsession", adding that his depiction to police of Nowak as a "racist, drunk, violent aggressor compounds the natural grief and loss of the deceased's family".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The defence, led by British barrister Peter Haynes after a reshuffle, had urged judges not to set a date for trial, arguing that Duterte's health needed to be assessed.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
However, for this hearing, Emily had a new barrister - Jonathan Adler - who had done his own investigations into hair strand testing.
From BBC • May 26, 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
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