could also be

legal services (excluding solicitors' fees)





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Note added at 59 mins (2008-02-05 17:22:13 GMT)
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Ah, thanks Galia, just seen your note.

This is really UK speak.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-05 18:49:47 GMT)
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@ Deborah

The generic term in the UK is lawyer which then splits into solicitor and barrister. The two used to be mutually exclusive where the barrister was the only person authorised to represent the client in certain courts and where the solicitor has more restricted access...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister...my lawyer friends told me a while back that the system has undergone some changes.

but I wouldn't obratit' vnimanje na eto as your text relates to the US system which is quite different.

In Russia and the UK there are two main types of legal counselors: barrister/advokat and attorney/yurist. As far as I know an advokat is a yurist who can also defend criminal matters. The situation with a barrister is similar.

In the U.S. an attorney (the alternate term lawyer is mostly a matter of linguistic register and not of function) is an attorney. I'm a member of the bar and therefore can practice civil, criminal, whatever type of law; it is a question of specialization and experience rather than formal status.

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Note added at 1 час (2008-02-05 17:40:34 GMT)
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I would propose something like jurist services (except advokat fees) if your context is one in which the distinction is important.

Or if it is not so important to your client to be that precise (explaining the difference in legal system may help them decide) you could use "legal services (except attorney services)." It just sounds a little strange because they are one and the same in the US.

I'm not sure if the U.K. system is an exact matchup (Simon do you know?) to the Russian one and if so using the UK terms is also a possibility, again depending on what your client's goals are with this document.

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Note added at 10 час (2008-02-06 02:49:28 GMT)
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Sorry, solicitor/barrister.

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Costs of legal services are by the hour at one rate, cost for litigation is sometimes by the hour, and sometimes on a contingency (percentage of award) basis, and at a totally different rate, therefore, cost of litigation is always counted separately.

Moreover, many lawyers agree to offer legal advice, but not to go to court and try the case for the client, trial lawyers are a separate flock of lawyers, so for litigation a separate counsel is usually hired, at a different rate.

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2008-02-06 19:02:48 GMT)
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особенно учитывая замечание cheeter, что в России в уголовном деле защитником может не-юрист. Но здесь может иметься в виду любой судебный процесс, не обязательно уголовный...