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Anon @11:31, yes I agree that a greater focus on recruiting solicitors is long overdue. But to give you an idea of the scale of the problem we solicitors face, have a look at the statistics for the latest Recorder competition (traditionally the entry-point to the senior judiciary) the results of which were announced just before Christmas:

99 appointments
3 of them salaried District Judges
93 of them barristers
just 3 of them solicitors

Time to concede that this debate is only ever going to be as "interested observer" for us.

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