Having read the latest letter about poor grammar, I could not resist raising my pet hate (see [2008] Gazette, 11 September, 9).
When did ‘gift’ become a verb? Do non-lawyers talk about ‘gifting’ a house, as almost all private client practitioners now do?
No, they don’t, any more than they might offer to ‘gift’ their friend a lift to the shops.
The verb is ‘give’ so why not use it? We do ourselves no favours by talking in a way that clients do not.
Daniel Sproull, Sproull, Bodmin
Solicitor passed off work as his own and inflated costs by thousands of pounds.
Wellbeing champions say lawyers should think more progressively about when to require service.
House of Lords committee also suggests allowing the regulator to probe the actions of private investigators.
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