A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals,drafting legal pleadings,researching the law and giving expert legal opinions.
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries' 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.
Louise Arbour,is a Canadian lawyer,prosecutor and jurist.
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.
Peter Henry Goldsmith,Baron Goldsmith is a British barrister and a former Attorney General for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland. On 22 June 2007,Goldsmith announced his resignation which took effect on 27 June 2007,the same day that Prime Minister Tony Blair,stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest serving Labour Attorney General. He is currently a Partner and head of European litigation practice at US law firm Debevoise &Plimpton and Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
Hassan Saeed was the former Attorney General of the Republic of Maldives,a role in which he served from November 11,2003 to August 5,2007,and is the current managing partner of Chambers Inn,a corporate law firm. He is also the Managing Director of Premier Property Pvt Ltd,the a real estate management,sales,and rental company.
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 practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Makhdoom Ali Khan is a former Attorney General of Pakistan,former chairman Pakistan Bar Council,former member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan,former board member of the Federal Judicial Academy of Pakistan and a former board member of the Sindh Judicial Academy. He is a serving Member on the Governing Board of the British Pakistan Law Council,an Officer of the Board of the Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration (FICACIC),a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre,a member of the Advisory Board of the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC),a former member of the court of the London Court of International Arbitration and a member of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute's (ICSID) Chairman's Panel of Arbitrators. He has consistently been ranked amongst the top three litigators in Pakistan over the last three decades both by reputation and in international rankings in legal publications and amongst the top two litigators in the Sindh High Court in Karachi. Since his return to private practice in 2007 he is globally regarded as the preeminent commercial,taxation and constitutional litigator,arbitrator and arbitration lawyer in Pakistan.
Muhammad Latif Khosa is a politician representing Pakistan People's Party who had been the Governor of Punjab from 2011 until 2013. He is a lawyer by profession,having been a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is considered an authoritative legal and constitutional expert of the country. A former senator and a former Attorney General of Pakistan,Latif Khosa was appointed as the Governor of Punjab by the President of Pakistan after the murder of late-Governor Salman Taseer on 11 January 2011. He was appointed the attorney general on 19 August 2008. Khosa also remained Member Pakistan Bar Council for three terms 1990-2005 and served as Chairman of the Executive Committee (CEC) of Pakistan Bar Council. 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 top aides.
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 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.
King &Wood Mallesons (KWM) is the largest global law firm in Asia. It has 30 offices and more than 3,500 legal professionals in Europe,North America,Asia and the Middle East. Its predecessor firms include SJ Berwin of the United Kingdom's "Silver Circle",Mallesons Stephen Jaques,one of the "Big Six" leading Australian law firms,and King &Wood,one of the "Red Circle".
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.
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 is currently serving as the 28th Chief Justice of Pakistan. His appointment as the new Chief Justice was approved by President Arif Alvi on 13 January 2022,after which he assumed his office on 2 February 2022.
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,jurist and the current Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Legal Reforms since 15 December 2022. He previously served as the 29th Attorney-General for Pakistan from April 2012 to June 2013. He also served as a judge of Lahore High Court in 2009.
Mansoor Usman Awan is a Pakistani lawyer who is currently serving as the 37th Attorney General of Pakistan from 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.
