Facilitating Conditions of Trans-for: The Committee's fr. Report Proposals for facilitating the transfer of a barrister to the roll of solicitors, and a solicitor to the Bar List by eliminating the qualitying period in each case have been advanced for a considerable. tim a more or less half-hearted way, Dut no step of a definite character has been taken.
There is, however, a periodical recrudescence of the' subject, says the "Morning Post." It is possible that, following upon a letter, which, emanated from the Law Society above a year ago, a conference between representatives of the Bar Council and the Law Society may eventually take place, but neither jo has given evidence of a desire anxiously to press the change, 'The Law Society, in 1924 subs ted to a poll of the whole of ite members motion to the effect that solicitors should' have. the same Fight of audience as barristers. Courts of Justice. This motion was defeated. The Council of the Law Society, however, felt that. it would be expedient to' consider the regulations under which solicitors might be called to the Bar, and that the terms under which barristers might become solicitors might be reviewed.
A special committee wa snpsint.
to give the matter consideration, This committee prepared a. report which was adopted by the Council and a copy of it was submitted to the General Council of the Bar, together with an invitation for a conference on the subject.
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