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"There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads onto fortune."

This is the sort of event which the new Board of the Law Society was meant to tackle, with more agility than has hitherto been the case.

Solicitors are under on attack on so many different fronts, there comes a point when the proverbial line in the sand must be drawn.

Barristers are now showing real passion in defending British justice, and solicitors must now show real solidarity with their professional colleagues and do the same.

If we don't, an ignorant administration when it comes to the Rule of Law, will feel emboldened to carry on with its hatchet job regarding our legal system in all its branches.