Barrister Quotes

“But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it stopped alongside me I could stand it no longer.
"My father's a cop and he'll kill you," I screeched without looking.
"No, he's a barrister," I heard Michael Andretti say in a calm voice, "and he'll kill you if you don't get into this car.”
― Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi

“While in Bombay, I began, on one hand, my study of Indian law and, on the other, my experiments in dietetics in which Virchand Gandhi, a friend, joined me. My brother, for his part was trying his best to get me briefs. The study of India law was a tedious business. The Civil Procedure Code I could in no way get on with. Not so however, with the Evidence Act. Virchand Gandhi was reading for the Solicitor's Examination and would tell me all sorts of stories about Barristers and Vakils.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography

“The Golden Rule is clear: do not sound like a lawyer any more than is absolutely necessary.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“There is a sincere way of conducting every case. Find it.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“Should a relationship blister occur, calling a barrister or a minister to register grievance against a married sister is sinister.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“...our objective at trial is not the ultimate truth but an opinion in our favour.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“Whether or not the public should be expected to understand is not the critical point. Obviously much of the complexity of law will try the public's patience, even if the law is expressed plainly. The real problem is that even other lawyers cannot fathom what their colleagues are writing.”
― Tom Goldstein, Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well