barrister
noun
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
The realisation that women’s football isn’t a utopia for Black football fans and players became clear when Eniola Aluko, a Nigerian footballer and broadcaster, filed a report with an independent barrister against former England coach Mark Sampson for anti-Black discrimination.
—Beauty Dhlamini, refinery29.com, 12 July 2024
Until a true technological breakthrough changes the game, movement in today’s Turf War equilibrium is more likely to come from barristers, boardrooms or bargaining tables.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2024
Mohsin is represented by barristers Paras Gorasia of Old Square, and Jennifer Robinson and Finnian Clarke of Doughty Street Chambers.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
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barrister
noun
Note: Many countries in the Commonwealth (as England and Australia) and the Republic of Ireland divide the legal profession into barristers and solicitors. In Canada, every lawyer is both a barrister and a solicitor, although individual lawyers may describe themselves as one or the other. Scotland uses the term advocate to refer to lawyers allowed to argue cases in its courts.
Middle English barrester, from barre bar + -ster (as in legister lawyer)
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