Questions tagged [solicitor]
While solicitors may refer to any legal practitioner, it has a special meaning in jurisdictions with split legal professions, where solicitors are lawyers who deal exclusively with transactional matters.
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Why is POA associated (at least etymologically) with attorneys, rather than with solicitors or proctors?
In England and America alike today it seems that we still refer to Power of Attorney, while the term Attorney no longer seems to have any current usage itself, in England (but historically did).
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In what context can one reference or make points about pre-trial correspondence at trial?
Suppose one has a claim against a corporate defendant, and up until the trial the defendant is represented in correspondence by a solicitor. At trial, a human director of the defendant is called by ...
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Can county court judges have separate jobs in private firms as solicitors?
Suppose a solicitor in a private firm is appointed as a judge. Are they allowed to continue working as a solicitor in a parallel private capacity? What provisions exist in the way of mitigations to ...
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What is the basis for the convention of referring to representative solicitors in the plural?
Often a party’s representative seems to be referred to in formal legal contexts as their “solicitors”, even when it appears to be a single individual who is managing the case on the party’s behalf. ...
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Does the Law Society (UK) state a recommended time to leave between exchange and completion?
I read the following on a solicitor/conveyancer website and out of curiosity was looking to see if this really is true:
The Law Society Conveyancing Contract states you leave 20 working days
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What's the definition of an attorney at law?
User Francis Davey States that "Barristers are not, and have never been, attorneys (at law) in England - at least not as a result of their profession -- whereas all solicitors are."
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Can An Unregulated Firm Without Any Solicitors Send Pre Action Protocol Letters?
As I understand it, in the UK:
(a) The provision of legal advice or assistance in connection with the application of the law or with any form of resolution of legal disputes;
(b) The provision of ...
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Misquoted Indemnity Cost
I recently sold a flat and was asked by the buyer to put an indemnity policy in place as the completion certificate could not be located.
My solicitor quoted me a price to this and asked if I would ...
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Is it constitutional to go door to door to pass flyers for commercial purposes? (USA)
I pass flyers to help out my parent's store, but I have repeatedly been told that it's illegal and have had the police called on me a good number of times even though I don't give flyers to houses ...
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Can I use a loan for something other than what I said I'd use it for?
I'd like to purchase some grazing land. I'm half way there with the funds and thought of covering the remaining cost with a loan. This would be a personal loan from a UK bank and not secured against ...
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UK: Public Access Barrister vs Solicitor
The PDF entitled 'Public Access Guidance for Lay Clients' (from the Bar Standards Board) compares and contrasts Public Access Barristers (abbreviated as AB) and Solicitors. Two key differences are the ...
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