I am reminded of the story of the young officer explaining to his sergeant why something has gone wrong. "The system didn't work as it should have." The sergeant fixes him with a steely stare and replies: "No, sir. There is no system. The system is us."
It is too easy to talk about the legal system without realising that it is what we lawyers do and don't do that makes up this system. And that here far too many lawyers failed to be professional, failed to realise the vital necessity of an ethical underpinning to their work and failed to do the right thing.
I wonder how much the behaviour of, for example, Tatford (in particular, failing to deal with disclosure requests professionally and trying to harden up an expert witness) is widespread across practice. Troubling.
I am reminded of the story of the young officer explaining to his sergeant why something has gone wrong. "The system didn't work as it should have." The sergeant fixes him with a steely stare and replies: "No, sir. There is no system. The system is us."
It is too easy to talk about the legal system without realising that it is what we lawyers do and don't do that makes up this system. And that here far too many lawyers failed to be professional, failed to realise the vital necessity of an ethical underpinning to their work and failed to do the right thing.
Excellent writing and insight as ever Richard thank you.
Great article. Thank you.
I wonder how much the behaviour of, for example, Tatford (in particular, failing to deal with disclosure requests professionally and trying to harden up an expert witness) is widespread across practice. Troubling.