A local solicitor called Thomas Billings purchased the site in 1831 and put plans in train for Gloucestershire Zoological, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens.

In other cases, the court was to sit alone, although in the case of an inquiry into a mining accident, the court could be assisted by a barrister or a solicitor, usually called "counsel assisting".

With the 50th anniversary of Straffen's imprisonment approaching, in 2001 his solicitors called for his case to be reopened on the grounds that he had not been fit to stand trial.

Nile Street is part of an urban development centred on Norfolk Crescent that was undertaken by a solicitor called Richard Bowsher in 1792.

"Have you ever met a solicitor called Daniel Clegg?"

First off, I'd like to know whether a solicitor called Giles Varney has ever acted for Neville Motcombe.

In 1884, a solicitor called Charles Prichard, donated his private collection of fossils and minerals to Bedford Modern School, where he had formerly been a pupil.

A further unsuccessful attempt to prosecute Levy for perjury was made in 1876 by a solicitor called James Grayson.

Levy then found himself a position as clerk to a solicitor called Fisher, who left him almost entirely in charge of running his practice.

Much to William Pitt's disgust Cator sold the bond by public auction to a solicitor called Yates.