noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a firm of solicitors/accountants/surveyors etc
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Ms Shaw is a partner in a firm of solicitors.
solicitor general
trainee manager/solicitor/teacher etc
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a trainee hairdresser
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
assistant
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Firms began to poach partners and to recruit dozens of assistant solicitors and articled clerks.
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Between 1987 and 1989 annual salaries for assistant solicitors rose by well over half, to £20,000-70,000.
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He was previously assistant solicitor at Eversheds.
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Similarly, many assistant solicitors negotiate salaries from a position of desperate weakness.
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Amjad Malik, 28-year-old assistant solicitor at Manchester firm Bhatti Solicitors, which has a sole principal.
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After joining the plaintiff as an assistant solicitor the defendant entered an agreement with T, one of the plaintiff's clients.
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Newly qualified solicitors begin as salaried assistant solicitors.
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The fourth defendant is, or was, an assistant solicitor at the fifth defendants' London office.
local
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If you are interested in a career as a local government solicitor it can be useful to train with a local authority.
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In smaller local authorities a local solicitor sometimes accepted this as a part-time position.
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Many of the chief executives of local authorities are solicitors and often started their training with the local authority.
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This is a formal step which may be taken by the agent or by the local solicitor .
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The woman, twenty-seven year old Kate Webb, worked for a local firm of solicitors .
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The first role clearly requires their presence in court throughout the hearing to instruct the local authority solicitor as necessary.
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Eventually Serrigny found a small house belonging to the local solicitor .
■ NOUN
duty
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Mr Surkov would get the chance of seeing the duty solicitor .
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There will also be no court duty solicitor today and throughout the week.
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The scramble to redistribute existing resources and clients provides the conditions for the development of schemes such as the duty solicitor .
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Best to let Mr Surkov see the duty solicitor on legal aid.
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The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme.
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Given that these defendants are unlikely to know the names of solicitors the responsibility for acting quickly settles on the duty solicitor.
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It also took over all aspects of the duty solicitor scheme.
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At least before the duty solicitor people were directed to lawyers who had qualifications in advocacy.
scheme
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The position is different in so far as it affects the duty solicitor scheme .
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It also took over all aspects of the duty solicitor scheme .
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It depends on whether the duty solicitor scheme was set up to help the unrepresented defendant or to diversify criminal work.
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The origins and development of the duty solicitor scheme can not, then, be explained solely in terms of an altruistic model.
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Members of the Darlington duty solicitors scheme have unanimously decided to suspend all court and 24hour duty until April 3.
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From April 1, 1989, responsibility for both aspects of the duty solicitor scheme has passed to the Legal Aid Board.
trainee
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Some authorities allow trainee solicitors to spend time with a neighbouring authority to gain wider experience.
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However, not all these authorities recruit trainee solicitors .
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The course developed by Newcastle poly which should become Northumbria University next month is a one-stop route to becoming a trainee solicitor .
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If you have trainee solicitors doing personal injury cases then transfer every 6-12 months is inevitable.
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Articled clerks, recently renamed trainee solicitors , are paid salaries, which have in recent years become increasingly attractive.
■ VERB
act
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Section 25 prevents the recovery of costs in respect of work done by an unqualified person acting as a solicitor .
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A solicitor can advise on how you should act .
consult
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Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel.
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On 20 March 1989 papers were served on him and he then consulted a solicitor for the first time.
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Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor .
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You are strongly advised to consult a solicitor without delay to act for you in your appeal.
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Mr Bell said he had consulted his solicitor about the matter.
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If in doubt, consult an accountant or solicitor who will help you work out the various after-tax and other angles.
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More practically, he consulted solicitors of his own in an attempt to have the will disputed.
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You will need to tell your mum to consult a solicitor if she now wishes to obtain a divorce.
employ
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The firm now employs 14 solicitors and associates, who are completing 10-15 house purchases every day.
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In the County Court you may file the necessary documents yourself, employ a solicitor or use a collection agency.
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All parties who attend such an examination, including the bankrupt, may employ solicitors or counsel to represent them.
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And the lender will employ its own solicitor , whose bill you will have to pay.
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They were well ahead of nearest rival Nabarro Nathanson, which employs 145 solicitors .
instruct
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The Act allows, for the first time, children to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make court applications independently.
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The first role clearly requires their presence in court throughout the hearing to instruct the local authority solicitor as necessary.
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Guardians will have to seek approval from the panel before instructing a solicitor in this situation.
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The fans hoped Fry would attend, but he was instructed by solicitors to stay away.
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Parents should not instruct a solicitor to represent the child.
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At the end of July the debtor instructed other solicitors .
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In the High Court a limited company should instruct a solicitor to represent it.
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The Act allows children, for the first time, to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make applications to court.
practise
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Living at Greatham Hall, Jackson practised as a solicitor in Stockton-on-Tees.
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In 1976 there were 3,881 barristers and 31,250 practising solicitors , compared with 109,547 police officers.
provide
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The Legal Aid Act 1974 provides that solicitor and counsel may receive their remuneration only from the fund.
require
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Currently no further formal specialist training is required for solicitors in commerce and industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A solicitor can both draw up your will and act as your executor if you so wish.
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It is clear that all solicitors involved in litigation are feeling the strain, though most maintain that the changes are positive.
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It is obviously important that everyone understands exactly how the law applies and your solicitor will be able to explain the situation.
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On both occasions the solicitor had acted without authority and the transactions were frauds on the bank.
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Specialist practitioners need not just be solicitors.
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The accountants, auditors, solicitors and personnel officers to name but a few, contribute to the running of schools.
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The post of Parliamentary Counsel is open to both barristers and solicitors, and candidates of adequate intellectual quality are in short supply.