The misbehaviour of “a small handful” of solicitors should not lead to any loss of public trust in the profession, the president of the High Court has said. In remarks from the bench while presiding over solicitors’ disciplinary cases this week, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said it was important to remember solicitors had suffered significantly in the recession and predicted they would emerge strengthened from “these difficult times”. His comments come amid criticism of the Law Society, the body that oversees...
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