Time to have a look at the world of law from the left field again….
In the wake of the truly absurd #Clarkson episode this week – where over 21,000 complainers have contacted the BBC to vent their outrage and many on twitter have knee-jerked their thoughts onto the timeline – David Allen Green wrote it up in The New Statesman: Why Unison is wrong to seek the sacking and arrest of Jeremy Clarkson
The trade union Unison is seeking “urgent legal advice” about what to do regarding Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about strikers being “executed in front of their families. The press release — the words are put to the mouth of Dave Prentis, Unison General Secretary — is worth reading carefully.
Amanda Bancroft followed suit in her blog Beneath The Wig: Calm down, dear!
I’m afraid I could not be bothered to take Clarkson’s remarks as anything other than a badly laboured attempt at humour and do not add to the erudition of analysis and debate with my observations on twitter…
@LoveandGarbage usually hits the nail on the head with satire..and this EXCELLENT blog post is a must read if you feel the need to be ANGRY on Twitter… Cut out and keep guide to how to be angry on twitter
Perhaps a bit of serious for the weekend … Sir / Madam?
Alex Aldridge starts the good cheer at Christmas with…
Law graduates face a bleak future at the bar
“With 65 students applying for each training place, many would-be solicitors face not finding a job within the five-year post-graduation limit…”
And in further good news.. BPP Law School picks up on the Osbornian enthusiasm for private sector growth by announcing a fairly hefty fee rise for the Bar course…
The Lawyer reports:“Aspiring lawyers will have to pay up to £13,550 and £16,540 respectively for the LPC and BPTC in London. Currently the fees are £12,900 and £15,750. The cost of studying the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) will also rise, up by £450 from £8,950 to £9,400. BPP chief executive Peter Crisp said: “Since 2009, the fees for many of our law programmes have either been frozen or increased at a rate below inflation – for example our GDL and LPC fees have been held for two years. “With a modest increase this year, overall the percentage increase in fees over the last three years has been small and in line with the current rate of inflation.”
With my current taste for a bit of the Latin… this maxim is appropriate… Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite – Don’t applaud. Just throw money
And so we go on… with the profession that just keeps giving…
The judges are not silent…Lady Hale warns of consequences of legal aid cuts The Guardian reports: “The supreme court judge’s speech to the Law Centres Federation’s conference on the effects of the government’s proposed legal aid bill.”
Lady Hale does, however, note before she delivers an interesting speech..“It is not the proper role of any judge to attack Government policy. If the Government of the day decides that the right solution to a massive budget deficit is massive cuts in public spending, that is a matter for them to decide and Her Majesty’s loyal opposition to oppose if they see fit. The role of Her Majesty’s loyal judges is to decide the resulting disputes according to law.”
Legal aid reform prompts further protest from top judges
The Guardian: £350m cut to legal aid judged a ‘false economy’ and block to swift justice for most vulnerable
Has the Ministry of Justice taken heed.. or is this plan just to suit Government convenience? : Ken Clarke postpones legal aid reforms and tendering
And..what about this marvel from The Bar Standards Board?
The Law Society Gazette reports: “Solicitors are dismissed as ‘superfluous intermediaries’ in a new bar consultation paper which recommends making it easier for the public to bypass them and instruct barristers directly.
The Bar Standards Board is examining whether barristers should be able to accept direct instructions from clients eligible for public funding, and also whether to lift the ban on barristers with under three years’ practising experience from accepting public access instructions.”
Will be interesting to see how this wheeze pans out…
I’ll pop back later, perhaps, with a bit more Rive Gauche. I feel a need for some medicinal Gin & Mango juice to fortify myself…
These wheezes invariably point to removing the division in the profession. It was raised for the “n”th time but shelved by Jack Straw. Tradition and self-interest aside, though I certainly don’t dismiss them, what’s the objection? Here in Europe they (for I still retain my island nationality) do perfectly well with advocates who do everything that solicitors and barristers do, and notaries for, inter alia, buying and selling houses. And it’s cheaper too. Rather than beating around the proverbial, accept that solicitor-advocates and public access barristers are pretty much equivalent, so their convergence should, with appropriate amendments to professional training, be hastened.
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