Anger toward a growing practice of incorrect photocopying and distribution. Advertisement listing character requirements for a television lawyer.

The Law Society’s Gazette, July 1969 I feel I cannot be alone in disliking the increasingly prevalent practice of supplying photocopies of documents without backsheets. This is a miserly act and the product is not a true copy. The backsheet has stood the test of time and is a useful thing, apart from which a copy should be a copy, warts and all.

Another sloppy practice is to sling a bundle of photocopies at a purchaser’s solicitor without any connecting epitome, and there seem to be some who need reminding of the Council’s views on epitomes set out at p. 322 of Vol 61 of the Law Society’s Gazette and p. 140 of Emmet on Title, 15th Edition.

The Law Society’s Gazette, 14 July 1999 [advertisement by Chambers Productions]

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