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    Solicitor advocate is a hybrid status which allows a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong to represent clients in higher courts in proceedings...
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    in a similar way to barristers, attorneys and solicitors in the common law and equity courts. Advocates, who formed the senior branch of the legal profession...
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  • Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers (called advocates in some countries, for example Scotland), and a lawyer...
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  • others Solicitor General of Alabama, the top appellate advocate in the State of Alabama. Solicitor General of Florida, the top appellate advocate for the...
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    solicitor general (and their respective staffs of clerks and deputies). As the most frequent advocate before the Court, the Office of the Solicitor General...
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    the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the senior legal advisors to the government in Scotland. Whilst the Solicitor General for...
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    received a life peerage on appointment. Since devolution, the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland are permitted to attend and speak in the...
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    horsehair wig, stiff collar, bands, and a gown. Since January 2008, solicitor advocates have also been entitled to wear wigs, but wear different gowns. In...
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  • Alex Prentice (category Scottish solicitor advocates)
    a solicitor in 1983 and as a Solicitor Advocate in 1994, and practised as a defence solicitor for 21 years. In 2004 he became the first Solicitor Advocate...
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    2011 to 2016 as Lord Advocate, one of the Great Officers of State of Scotland and the country's chief Law Officer, and as Solicitor General, the junior...
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  • Anthony Julius (category English solicitor advocates)
    Anthony Robert Julius (born 16 July 1956) is a British solicitor advocate known for being Diana, Princess of Wales' divorce lawyer and for representing...
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  • clients and acting on their behalf in legal matters. A solicitor must qualify as a solicitor-advocate in order to acquire the same "higher rights" of audience...
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    opposed to a solicitor. There is also a Solicitor General for Scotland, who is the deputy of the Lord Advocate. As well as the Sovereign's Solicitor General...
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    courts. Solicitors who attain these rights are known as solicitor-advocates. But, in practice, there are rather few of these solicitor-advocates, and solicitors...
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  • Dean Dunham (category English solicitors)
    Dean Peter Dunham is a solicitor-advocate, barrister and arbitrator, who has served as the Chief Ombudsman at The Retail Ombudsman, a former Alternative...
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    This means that only barristers, solicitor advocates, and some chartered legal executives can represent clients. Solicitors may choose to attend hearings...
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    appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India. Advocate general (India) Mohan Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India (2009-2014) "Law Officers (Conditions...
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    administrative and other duties and solicitors and advocates who represent the Crown in Court. The history of the Lord Advocate, and the resulting department...
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    Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Gaelic: Dàmh an Luchd-tagraidh) is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the...
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  • Alan Blacker (born July 1972, in Rochdale) is a former English solicitor advocate. Blacker first became known for being criticised for his appearance when...
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  • The City of London Solicitors' Company is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The company was formed in 1908; the City granted it Livery...
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    two main branches, advocates and solicitors. Advocates, the equivalent of the English barristers, belong to the Faculty of Advocates which distinguishes...
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    is presented either by the accused, a solicitor, or an advocate. The solicitor will work for a firm of solicitors, or in certain areas of Scotland could...
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    post of Additional Solicitor General as a result. The attorneys general of India since independence are listed below: "Senior advocate R Venkataramani is...
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  • Fraud Office Counsel General for Wales Scotland Advocate General for Scotland Lord Advocate Solicitor General for Scotland Crown Office and Procurator...
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  • Tushar Mehta (category Solicitors general of India)
    Additional Advocate General in 2008. Mehta was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 2014. Mehta was then appointed as the Solicitor General...
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    the attorney general and solicitor general. First created in 1879, the office was merged with that of the Treasury Solicitor five years later, before...
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    two or three have done so. A solicitor advocate who is so appointed is designated as King's Counsel, Solicitor Advocate. An award of King's Counsel honoris...
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  • Fraud Office Counsel General for Wales Scotland Advocate General for Scotland Lord Advocate Solicitor General for Scotland Crown Office and Procurator...
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