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N R S I S A M E D I A T I O N B B V J N P
Y E P Q F S O L I C I T O R B B V N F D M
E A T X V I P S X Y G K B B F X L T A X A
T I T F K N O U P R T D H Y W B X K H C X
R M E C U A U Y M U K N A B B H E X O L Y
U T G L J H H G P B U A E V Q N R B U J G
O Q R A M X R K W M F L K M O G J Q S O H
C S T A T U T O R Y L A W I S S M J E R W
S E Q A N G Y L T I R C S M J S E P O X Y
E Q W R C R H J B E W S K M T E T W F J D
T K H P A T B T T B I W G R V D A B L Q F
A X C L L W F S F M V G U Q N S R P O W F
R Y H O D A I E M A U O P T E A T A R T L
T N I U R R V O R Y C E I E T W S Q D U T
S B M D R A C T Q L Y B A V E U I A S E R
I R G A V W N V I P H V I A C H G P H M P
G B B N A U Q V A X A Q H G K I A K L H D
A H U L G L I G J R T X V A W P M R W K W
M A Y K A C K Q Y P S Y H K U C B M D R K
N U U O E S W T H K F B H I P R Y Q P X Y
I W A E N E I D V V M W H M W P R L S G J

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  • A barrister is a legal practitioner in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The name comes from the process of being called to the Bar during their training. Barristers represent individuals in court, and provide them with specialist legal advice. (9)
  • A court that deals with matters concerning private rights and not offences against the state. (5, 5)
  • A law that has been passed by an Act of Parliament. (9, 3)
  • A solicitor is a lawyer who provides clients with expert legal advice and assistance and prepares legal documents. He or she might work in a law firm or in central or local government, or an in-house legal department, for example, a bank or corp. (9)
  • An early version of a proposed Bill before it is introduced into Parliament. (5, 4)
  • Independent body set up by Parliament to review and recommend reform of the law in England and Wales (3, 10)
  • Magistrates are members of the public who voluntarily give up their time to preside over magistrates' courts. They need have no formal legal qualifications, although they are trained in court procedures. (10)
  • Process taking place outside a court to resolve a dispute. (9)
  • The House of Lords is the upper house, but the Second chamber, of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". (5, 2, 5, 2)
  • The magistrates’ courts are a key part of the criminal justice system – virtually all criminal cases start in a magistrates’ court and over 95% of cases are also completed here. (11, 5)

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