| 单词 | barrister |
| 释义 | barrister barrister a member of the Bar, the professional body of barristers, also known as counsel, or if the counsel has taken silk to become a QC – Queen's Counsel (or KC, King's Counsel when the monarch is male)– Senior Counsel. The barrister becomes such by virtue of being called to one of the Inns of Court (Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Gray's Inn). The barrister's liability for mistakes is now the same as that of other professional persons (Rondel v. Worsley [1969] 1 AC 191) having been departed from by a seven-judge deci- sion in the House of Lords: Hall & Co. v. Summons [2000] TLR 554. The barrister is bound by the cab rank principle by which any barrister in practice must accept any instructions to appear before a court on a subject that he professes to practise and at a proper fee. He has a duty to the court that is paramount, so is not in any sense a 'mouthpiece'. His fees are an honorarium, not a contractually due payment, so he cannot sue for them but may refer a defaulting solicitor to the LAW SOCIETY. Similar terminology is used in the Republic of Ireland. There, however, a Senior Counsel is a person called to the Inner Bar by the Chief Justice with the approval of the government and is designated SC. For Scotland, see ADVOCATE. |
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