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As far as the public are concerned the solicitor brand is toxic. I left the profession four years ago following a redundancy at age 50 without the contacts necessary to secure solicitor employment and though it's financially very hard, I'm glad to be out of what is now a sordid trade.
The behaviour of the two firms in the news this year who are out in the Middle East trawling for claims against members of HM Forces have put the final nail in the coffin of a once honourable profession, and to my mind the only solution is to a) restore the 1979s Code of Professional Conduct backed up with criminal sanctions and b) to give real help to people wanting to leave the profession including funded training and help with run off costs.
If I were offered re-training at 55 I'd take it like a shot as retirement is never going to be an option.