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Barrister vs. solicitor
Hi, I'm Matt. Thanks very much for joining us.
Today I'm going to be talking about a few terms that are easily confused. And these are some Legal English words that often come up during my Legal English classes. Let's have a look at these first two, solicitor and attorney. You're probably familiar with the term attorney. Attorney is a common term ∈American Legal English for lawyer. Solicitor is not quite the same. Solicitor is particular to England and a lot of Commonwealth countries, and it's a particular type of lawyer. And ∈ the UK we contrast the term solicitor with another branch of the legal profession, the barrister. Now, one of these, the solicitor or the barrister has rights of audience at court. That means that they can go and represent clients at court and carry out the advocacy work. One of them does the preparation – all of the work that leads up to the actual advocacy work ∈ court. Which one do you think is which? OK, it's the solicitor that does the initial litigation, the initial work or the preparatory work and generally speaking if it's, say, a breach of contract case, or a non-criminal matter, the case usually begins and ends with a solicitor, because most cases end ∈ an out-of-court settlement. If the parties can't settle, then the solicitor will get a barrister's advice. The barrister if often seen as the expert ∈ particular areas of law and then the barrister will take the brief, the file, the documents from the solicitor that cover all of the facts of the case and will then represent the client ∈ court.
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The word particular ∈ “Solicitor is particular to England” and ∈ “The barrister if often seen as the expert ∈ particular areas of law.”, mean:
