Solicitor
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in English law, person duly admitted to practice before the supreme court of judicature.
Solicitor and Client Costs definition:
An award of all costs associated with litigation.
Solicitor and client costs are set at a higher scale compared with party and party costs, and approach complete indemnity to the successful litigant.
Solicitor
(n) Solicitor is the law professional rendering all legal services but has not qualified for appearing before a court. In British legal system only a barrister who got special training can appear before the court.
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Solicitor and Client
The retainer of a solicitor implies a contract to pay to him his proper charges and disbursements with respect to the work done by him as a solicitor.
SOLICITOR
A lawyer that restricts his or her practice to the giving of legal advice and does not normally litigate. that court room.
Solicitor: Solicitors are the lawyers to whom members of the public go to for help and advice. They give legal advice, carry out legal transactions and conduct legal proceedings.
solicitor
n. an English attorney who may perform all legal services except appear in court. Under the British system, the litigator or trial attorney takes special training in trial work and is called a "barrister.
SOLICITOR - The prosecutor representing the state if your county or parish has a separate court for trying misdemeanors.
SOLICITOR OP THE TREASURY. The title of one of the officers of the United States, created by the act of May 29, 1830, 4 Sharsw. cont. of Story, L. U. S. 2206, which prescribes his duties aud his rights.
Solicitor
A term more common to England than the United States. A lawyer that restricts his or her practice to the giving of legal advice and does not normally litigate.
Client-Solicitor Privilege:
A right that belongs to the client of a lawyer that the latter keep any information or words spoken to him during the provision of the legal services to that client, strictly confidential.
Solicitor general
Definition - Noun
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
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: a federal law officer responsible for representing the government in court and esp. the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Solicitors will consider 'like for like' injuries with the case in hand and similar cases decided by the courts previously. This is known as precedents. Generally speaking decisions from the higher courts will bind the lower courts.
Your solicitor has the right to hold onto all documentation and money gained from a case until such time as you have paid the solicitors fees.
Solicitor-Client Assessment A hearing where an assessment officer reviews the amount of a lawyer's bill.
Solicitor The name given in England to an attorney who for the most part works out-of-court to discover facts, research applicable law, and prepare his clients’ cases for a barrister to argue before the bench.
In England and some other Commonwealth jurisdictions, a legal distinction is made between barristers and solicitors, the latter with exclusive privileges of advising clients, providing legal advice, ...
Also known as a "barrister & solicitor" or an attorney. Leading question A question which suggests an answer; usually answerable by "yes" or "no". For example: "Did you see David at 3 p.m.?
Lay litigant: Non-lawyer who brings a legal action without the assistance of a barrister or solicitor.
Lease: Contract between a property owner and another person for temporary use of property, in exchange for rent.
Barristers are instructed by solicitors. They specialise in a particular field of law and can present a case in any court (compare a solicitor whose rights to speak in court are limited).
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Parliamentary Counsel are experienced barristers and solicitors who assist government departments in preparing Bills.
Money paid out on behalf of another. In a solicitor's bill, a disbursement may include payments made on lodging documents, and stamp duty, for example.
discharge
To fulfil or be released from an obligation. A debt is discharged when it is paid.
An alternate word for lawyer or "barrister & solicitor", used mostly in the USA. A person that has been trained in the law and that has been certified to give legal advice or to represent others in litigation.
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attorneys and solicitors who hold the papers of their clients cannot be compelled to produce them, unless the client could have been so compelled; neither can documents that are covered by the 5th Amendment's protection against self-incrimination.
Equity: The net proceeds from the sale of a home, minus the fees of the solicitor and the real estate agent and the satisfying of the mortgage.
Estate: A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Lawyer: A person licensed to practice law; other words for "lawyer" include: attorney, counsel, solicitor and barrister.
Litigant: One who is engaged in a lawsuit.
Litigation: A law suit.
The process by which a purchaser of or an investor in a company or business investigates the records of the target to support its value and find out whether there are "skeletons in the cupboard". Professional reports from accountants and solicitors ...
Affidavit - A written statement made upon oath or affirmation and signed in the presence of a person who is authorised to administer oaths (normally a solicitor).
communications between them secret and even inaccessible to a court of law. While this privilege may have been varied in some states, it has always been held to be lifted where one spouse commits a crime on the other. Similar to the client-solicitor ...
in a motor vehicle accident or you are making a public liability claim, you must place the party you consider to be at fault on notice of your claim within 9 months of the injury occurring, or within 1 month of your consultation with a solicitor in ...
interest to infect their duties towards the beneficiary and must exercise a high standard of care in protecting or promoting the interests of the beneficiary. Fiduciary responsibilities exist for persons other than trustees such as between solicitor ...
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