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Clerklife: People are strange, when you're a clerk
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In the whimsical meanderings of my previous posts I talk a lot about clerks but very little about barristers. I’m not sure when I started to realise there were very different breeds of barristers but so much of my knowledge came through some sort of weird osmosis. Time to put on my best David Attenborough voice and take you through the many varieties of barristers that lurk in chambers.
There are three main types: criminal family and civil.
Criminal barristers are the rock and roll stars of the Bar. They have swagger and charm aplenty. They are like that friend that turns up two hours late for a party unshaven and dishevelled but still manages to look cooler than anyone else there. All the girls at the party lust after him and all the guys want to be him. That is your normal criminal barrister. Well it is if they defend. If they prosecute they are a bit more like the cool friend’s wingman who...
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