Wat is (in het Engels) het verschil tussen een lawyer, attorney en een barrister?

"Lawyer" is a term used to describe someone who has completed a Bachelor of Law and post-graduate legal training (Practical) that isemployed to give advice, information and representation of a legalnature. Lawyers, like doctors, often have specialist knowledge inspecific areas. For example, some operate in the Family Court; othersrepresent businesses in a civil court and some work in the area of crime.
A solicitor is entitled to represent a client in the County (Civil)Courts and in Magistrates' Court (a lower court in the English courtsystem). They are also the main legalrepresentation for the majorityof people and companies in England and Wales: if you were buying or
selling a house you would engage a solicitor to carry out the necessary legal niceties; a solicitor could assist and advise inwill-making; and they may also initiate private prosecutions or assistclients against either public or private prosecutions
A barrister is a legal professional who is qualified to represent clients in Crown Court or the Higher Courts -- they can be considered roughly analagous to American "advocacy lawyers". Much of their
training and abilities will lie in the courtroom skills of
cross-examination and rapid thinking. Regardless of whether they represent the prosecution or the defence, a barrister never deals directly with his or her clients -- instead they will be briefed on the facts of the case by the client's solicitor, although they are free to allow the courtroom proceedings to carry on as they see fit.