Report comment

Anon @ 16.34 ("Why are people assuming the solicitor has done anything wrong?") makes a very good point. The solicitor need not have told Ms Popal the precise reason why her instructions were being withdrawn, only that the client wanted to instruct someone else. The race/gender preference of the client need not have featured in the conversation between the solicitor and the barrister - the fact that it did is open to more than one interpretation.