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Why are people assuming the solicitor has done anything wrong? If I send instructions to Counsel and then my client decides not to proceed with the barrister, I have no choice but to (try to) recall the papers. For all we know the solicitor sacked the client in disgust and told the barrister what a racist cretin the client was. In that case it was an act of integrity on the part of the solicitor to have notified Ms Popal of what went on behind the scenes. It's lazy journalism from the Gazette to just report something that happened on Twitter, especially on a topic that's of importance to practitioners everywhere and is being featured as the day's headline story.