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barrister
Also known as barrister-at-law, Bar-at-law
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions that originated from the Inns of Court in the medieval English legal system. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching the law and giving legal opinions.
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- Barrister
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- Illustration of an English barrister
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- Profession
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- Barristers' chambers, government, sole trader, law firm
- Occupation.related_occupation
- Pupil barrister, advocate, judge, magistrate, attorney, solicitor
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36 sectionsContents
- Differences between barristers and other lawyers
- Justification for a split profession
- Regulation
- Barristers around the world
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Poland
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- England and Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Crown dependencies and UK Overseas Territories
- Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey
- Gibraltar
- United States
- Popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
- Australia
- UK and Ireland
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions that originated from the Inns of Court in the medieval English legal system. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching the law and giving legal opinions.
Barristers are distinguished from solicitors and other types of lawyers (e.g. chartered legal executives) who have more direct access to clients, and may do transactional legal work. In some legal systems, including those of South Africa, Scandinavia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and the Isle of Man, some court advocates and magistrates use the term barrister as an informal honorific.