Surely we must listen
to the judges who speak
to the public through their decisions if there is
to be any hope of honest and meaningful dialogue on all manner of
access to justice issues — including the cost of personal injury
lawyers — including in the context of (not always «fair and reasonable») CFAs — and including all manner of alternative delivery structures — including ABS.
If the public interest warranta any allocation of
lawyer licensing fees
to supporting
access to justice for people of modest means,
surely that would rank above some of the ways the Law Societies are currently spending the money collected today in
lawyer licensing levies.
Surely law societies have a duty, and therefore the authority, to ensure there are just enough competent lawyers to meet demand, and surely law societies can affect, if not manage, demand by helping to ensure that people in the community have access to legal information (and perhaps to legal advice from qualified non-lawyers) that may make it unnecessary for them to consult la
Surely law societies have a duty, and therefore the authority,
to ensure there are just enough competent
lawyers to meet demand, and
surely law societies can affect, if not manage, demand by helping to ensure that people in the community have access to legal information (and perhaps to legal advice from qualified non-lawyers) that may make it unnecessary for them to consult la
surely law societies can affect, if not manage, demand by helping
to ensure that people in the community have
access to legal information (and perhaps
to legal advice from qualified non-
lawyers) that may make it unnecessary for them
to consult
lawyers.