Life's work: Workplace jargon
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with respect
I am about to disagree
set of chambers
collection of barristers and their workplace
tenancy
membership of chambers
cracked trial
listed trial where the defendant changes plea to guilty before hearing
embarrassed
change of plea mid trial
silk
QC, ie a Queen's Counsel
to give 'certain advice'
advising a client
to sue their solicitor
bender
suspended sentence
take the red dressing gown
to be appointed to High Court bench
junior
any barrister not a QC
tail-end charlie
last defendent on an indictment
to devil
do the paperwork for a more senior barrister
plc
Proper London Counsel, ie London barrister
pupil
trainee barrister
squatting
time between being a pupil and having a tenancy
woodentop or beak
magistrate
papers
any written work
prime mover
main criminal
blag
criminal
carve a case
compromise or settle
my learned friend
opponent barrister
my friend
opponent solicitor
compiled by pascal wyse
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