LW209 Legal Term #1

A lawyer who gives legal advice to individuals and companies. He or she passed the exams of the Law Society of England & Wales at the end of his or her studies / The chief law officer of a municipality, county, or government department.

• Barrister

• attorney

• solicitor

• lawyer

A qualified lawyer who gives specialist legal advice to solicitors. He or she passed the exams of the Bar Councils of English & Wales at the end of his or her studies

• Barrister

• attorney

• solicitor

• lawyer

A person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters

• Barrister

• Prosecutor

• Judge

• lawyer

Someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court

• Plaintiff

• defendant

• Judge

• Jury

a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal

• Plaintiff

• defendant

• Judge

• Jury