12 NOVEMBER 1937, Page 3

The lawyers have had two field days. Last Friday on

Mr. Holmes' Inheritance Bill no fewer than eight barristers (practising and dormant) and one solicitor succeeded in catching the Speaker's eye. On Monday, when the House considered the proposal to create two new divorce judges the score was eight barristers, two solicitors and two laymen. It is not always realised that nowadays the demand for law reform comes from the legal profession itself. The fact that progress is slow is due to the indifference of the lay public.

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