The Law Society’s Gazette, February 1939

From the President's address to the Students’ Rooms The law must be your mistress, and hold absolute sway over you. A man’s profession or business must come before even his wife.

Poor Persons Procedure: security for costsThe Registrars of the Principal Registry have decided upon the following practice; when a wife, who has obtained a Poor Person’s Certificate limited to such proceedings as are necessary to enable her to obtain security for her costs of trial or hearing, applies for such security. If the applicant intends to seek an extension of the Certificate... the application for security will be adjourned until the application for such extension is determined; otherwise the Registrar will make an order for security on the footing that the case will thereafter proceed as a paying case.

The Law Society's Gazette, February 1969 Letters

Telephone codes on letters pleaseAs all-figure numbers spread across the country, why are solicitors so reluctant to place the appropriate code on their letter headings? A little thought would save a great deal of our telephone operators’ time.

Herbert Baron & Co, Twickenham

The President's inaugural address The President in his inaugural address attacks the Race Relations Act as not being for the benefit of us all, but only for a minority, and for destroying ‘fundamental freedoms’.

Research has shown substantial discrimination in Britain against coloured immigrants in employment, in housing and in the provision of certain services such as motor insurance. The Englishman has lost his ‘fundamental freedom’ to be beastly to coloureds. I, Sir, would be ashamed to weep.

David Roberts, Bristol