THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGLISH BARRISTERS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2

THE ETIQUETTE OF ENGLISH BARRISTERS.

The barrister, Mi. Willis, who took &\mk*>t at the Judge's lodgings on Tuesday, gay* mo some interesting information concerntr g the relations the attorneys and barristers have toward one another. A barrister may not 1 tout ' for retainers nor • hug ' for business. If on the circuit he must not eat at the same tabto "With the attorneys. Uhe chance* U> stop at the same inn his meals must be served in his own apartments ; he must not ride in the same coach with a solicitor or attorney, nor smoke in the same room, nor bestow nor j receive~any hospitality from him. It would j be a' gross breach of professional decorum Eoi j a barrister to waltz or dance with any member i of a solicitor's family, for thia would be .a gross example of • hugging^ for business. ' The phrase ' brieflW, barrister * came to me with a meaning and emphasis that wore now to me. After "several yenrs of circuit riding without a retainer, the young barrister is apt to conclude that be has raissed bis vocation, and he betakes bimaetf to the colonies or doe* newspaper or magazine or other literary work in London or the provinces. It has beon stated recently on what seemed to be good authority that only about 10 per cent of tho young men who are called to the Bar succeed in making their way.