>>It would be like if Americans said "he got handballed from IBM"
(meaning fired)!
In Oz 'handballed' is usually used in a work-related setting when
someone or (more likely) something is transferred to another
department/person. Such as 'the report was a real bugger so I
handballed it to that drongo JPM'.
And the US term Attorney applies here equally to solicitors and
barristers. The main difference (apart from $300 an hour and up) is
that barristers specialise in appearing in court (civil, criminal and
administrative) while solicitors are more general purpose legal
professionals. Solicitors can (and often do) appear in court also,
although they also do the grunt work of writing up wills and
contracts, sending threatening letters, filing papers etc. The
term 'Queen's Counsel' (or QC) refers to barristers who are approved
to work for the government, although in practice they get ridiculous
amounts for doing private work. Unfortunately from my experience you
need a QC just to be sure your counsel has basic competencies in
legal matters (even then it is never a sure thing).
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