competent lawyer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetentandlawyer
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competent
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
able to do ...
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lawyer
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɔɪ.ər/us/ˈlɔɪ.jɚ/
someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them ...
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(Definition ofcompetentandlawyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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My honorarium will not be great because it is something anycompetentlawyercould devise.
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Their interests are in the hands of acompetentlawyer, with whom they are in touch.
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And for the efficient andcompetentlawyer, contracting, with its guarantee of a steady cash flow, is a benefit, not a threat.
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The safeguards seem to be circumnavigable by anycompetentlawyer.
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Under the present scheme, each case is carefully considered by a highlycompetentlawyerto determine the exact compensation that ought to be paid.
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They are really committees each presided over by acompetentlawyer.
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That straightforward concept is familiar to anycompetentlawyerconstruing statutes.
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Had the agreement been drafted as a legal document, she, as acompetentlawyer, would have been able to judge the significance of what she was signing.
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When all of them have decided what the policy ought to be, there is not much difficulty in anycompetentlawyeror draftsman turning it into legal language.
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In these cases anycompetentlawyerwill necessarily, if he is to discharge his duty to his client, have regard to the background and to any relevant extraneous aid.
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I say, deliberately, that nocompetentlawyerwho followed that case will raise the contention that that matter could have been introduced except as a matter of prejudice.
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It may he that a suitably-qualified andcompetentlawyeremployed by the commission is chosen by a suspect to advise and assist him in the police station.
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Because of inborn talent and rational approach in legal decision, he attained not only a very good reputation but also proved himself acompetentlawyerin very early age.
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I am advised by competent lawyers that these are quite satisfactory.
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That is the opinion of competent lawyers.
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The words, we were advised by most competent lawyers, were the right constitutional formula.
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Competent lawyers will advise against legal aid in cases that are more likely to succeed than fail.
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I understand that the complexity of the present law has led drafting, even by competent lawyers, to produce unexpected results.
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We have been given ample reason for supposing that competent lawyers may find the proviso unintelligible.
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Dworkin does not deny that competent lawyers often disagree on what is the solution to a given case.
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