A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals,drafting legal pleadings,researching the law and giving legal opinions.
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries and legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However,in Scottish,Manx,South African,Italian,French,Spanish,Portuguese,Scandinavian,Polish,Israeli,South Asian and South American jurisdictions,"advocate" indicates a lawyer of superior classification.
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to the bar". "The bar" is now used as a collective noun for barristers,but literally referred to the wooden barrier in old courtrooms,which separated the often crowded public area at the rear from the space near the judges reserved for those having business with the court. Barristers would sit or stand immediately behind it,facing the judge,and could use it as a table for their briefs.
Chao Hick Tin is a Singaporean former judge who served as the fourth attorney-general of Singapore between 2006 and 2008.
Makhdoom Ali Khan,is a Pakistani lawyer who is a Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Khan has held numerous positions,including Attorney General of Pakistan,chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council,member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan,board member of the Federal Judicial Academy of Pakistan and of the Sindh Judicial Academy.
Latif Khosa is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is an advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He served as the Governor of Punjab from 2011 to 2013. He is the incumbent Member of National Assembly Pakistan from NA-122 Lahore since 10 February 2024. He was a senator from 2003 to 2009,the attorney general of Pakistan in 2008 to 2009 and the Federal advisor of Information Technology &Telecommunication from 2009 to 2010. Khosa also remained a member of the Pakistan Bar Council and served as its Executive Committee's chairman. He co-authored an electoral fraud report with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto shortly before her assassination in December 2007. Khosa had been one of Bhutto's aides. Khosa joined PTI in 2023.
Attorney-General for Pakistan is the chief law officer and legal advisor of the Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before Parliament. The Attorney-General,who serves as Pakistan's public prosecutor,is recommended by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President. The Constitution bars the Attorney-General from private practice until the termination of his or her employment. The office was established in 1947.
The Bar of Northern Ireland is the professional association of barristers for Northern Ireland,with over 600 members. It is based in the Bar Library,beside the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast,together with the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and the Executive Council. The Executive Council has taken on many of the functions formerly exercised by the Benchers of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland,which was established at a meeting of the Bench and Bar held on 11 January 1926.
Ashtar Ausaf Ali is a Pakistani lawyer who twice served as the Attorney General for Pakistan from 2016 to 2018,and from 2022 to 2023. In his first term,he co-drafted the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan,which merged the Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from August 7,2009,to May 22,2014.
King &Wood Mallesons (KWM) is an international commercial law firm based in Asia-Pacific. It is the largest international law firm in Asia-Pacific. It has 26 offices and more than 3,000 legal professionals across Australia,China,Hong Kong,Japan,Singapore and the United States.
Tan Boon Teik was a Singaporean judge who served as the second attorney-general of Singapore between 1969 and 1992. At the age of 39,Tan was the youngest person to be appointed as attorney-general,and was the longest-serving attorney-general after the Independence of Singapore,after 25 years in office.
Qazi Faez Isa is a Pakistani jurist who is currently serving as the 29th Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) since 17 September 2023. He was appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court in 2014,having previously served as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court from 2009 to 2014.
Allen &Gledhill LLP is a Singaporean law firm with a regional network of associate firms and offices. As the largest of Big Four law firms in Singapore,the firm is a regional market leader in many practices,particularly banking and finance,capital markets,corporate law,M&A law,and other transactional and advisory matters. The firm provides legal services to local companies and MNCs,financial institutions,and individual clients.
Khalid Jawed Khan is a Pakistani lawyer who served as the 35th Attorney General of Pakistan. Khan is a Barrister at Law and Advocate of Supreme Court and has been practicing law since 1996. He specializes in Constitutional Law,Taxation,Service and Civil matters.
Umar Ata Bandial is a Pakistani jurist who served as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan from February 2022 to September 2023. He was appointed as the Chief Justice after the approval by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022,after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022 and retired on 16 September 2023.
Akhtar Aly Kureshy is a Pakistani lawyer,advisor and senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan who served as Assistant Attorney-General for Pakistan. He remained Assistant Advocate General Punjab,and Legal Advisor to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
Salman Aslam Butt is a Lahore based lawyer &advisor,who was born &grew up in Lahore. He was appointed as the 31st Attorney General for Pakistan in 2014 and represented Nawaz Sharif Government. He also presented Nawaz Sharif in the Panama case.
Irfan Qadir is a Pakistani lawyer and jurist who is incumbent Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Law since 30 April 2024. Previously he served as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior from September 2022 to August 2023. He also served as the 29th Attorney-General for Pakistan from April 2012 to June 2013,and was a Justice of the Lahore High Court in 2009.
Mansoor Usman Awan is a Pakistani lawyer who is currently serving as the 37th Attorney General for Pakistan,in office since 23 December 2022. In a number of cases,such as the implementation of Article 95 and the presidential reference on the interpretation of Article 63(A) of the Constitution of Pakistan,he served as the Supreme Court Bar Association's (SCBA) legal representative.
