4 JUNE 1948, Page 18

LEGAL LUMINARIES

Sut,—May a very insignificant member of the legal world ask, with the utmost diffidence, a question or two about the second paragraph in A Spectator's Notebook in your issue of May 28th? The subject is a function, and Janus begins his second sentence by saying that "everyone who is anything in the legal world was there." There follow some imposing names of luminaries of Bench and Bar, and then the sentence ends with the words "and so on."

Please, Sir, were any solicitors present ? If so, is "and so on" an adequate assessment of their comparative importance? If not, does Janus think that there are none who are anything in the legal world?—I am, [Janus writes: Before committing myself on this, point I shall need to consult my solicitor.]