The Law Society’s Gazette, 12 May 1999

Press round-upIt is still early days for the almost 800-strong solicitor advocate movement but [one advocate] is already considering giving it up. He told The Times that he had appeared six times this year in the High Court and each time it had been a ‘nightmare’. Last week, he even called on the judge... to stand down because he thought the judge had shown a strong antipathy towards him compared with the ‘ordinary cordiality’ displayed to the defence barrister.

The Law Society’s Gazette , 17 May 1989

Legal aidThe system of franchising legal advice, proposed by the Legal Aid Board as an improvement to the green form scheme, received a very icy reception at the Law Society. A principal concern is whether competitive tendering would feature in the board’s scheme. Nothing is said specifically but there is a strong implication that it would be introduced.

The Justice of the Peace, 22 May 1909

Children outside public-housesA resolution was adopted begging the Government to amend the wording of Section 120 of the Children Act, 1908... urging that it should be made illegal to leave children under the age of five outside public-houses unattended. During the discussion one speaker said that some publicans were providing ‘nursemaids’ outside the public-houses to look after children. Lady Carlisle said that some publicans had girls in charge of a sort of creche outside on the pavement. Another speaker said that one parent had tied his child to a lamp-post while he went into a public-house.