Lawyers met with anger and torrent of abuse? (7)
I believe the answer is:
barrage
'torrent of abuse?' is the definition.
(as in a barrage of abuse)
'lawyers met with anger' is the wordplay.
'lawyers' becomes 'bar' (the bar can mean the legal profession).
'met' says to put letters next to each other.
'with anger' becomes 'rage' (rage is a kind of anger. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'bar'+'rage'='BARRAGE'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for barrage that I've seen before include "Continuous artillery fire" , "Cannonade" , "Continuous fusillade or a torrent of questions" , "number of shots" , "Sustained attack - means of damming river" .)