THE LEGAL BACK DOORS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12731, 18 February 1907, Page 9

THE LEGAL BACK DOORS.

; t» tiiv. >:n;xon nr "Tin; pbe>.s" - ' 1 Sir,—The pathetic w.-iil signed "w licitor" sh<,-.vs the distrrs'-fnl toii'iricit <i r" a la/y individual, \\%], i-\. .si ■ ai of criiii n-iiing hi- .studies Ji:is !*-en <:: iitf-nt to !(»if hi> timo away, relying on the !jMi!v door entiunco. I Mould hU , to n-k the gentleman luiiv lilliim iii i»!uniis~ory notrs or i:iaki iii« "P <»-ts iv a mont\v-!rndin}r soliciprarticc, <;in oiuilify ;t li::ui to uiic|iTtiik.> o'.licr people's iiitricntr c;iscs ii.Milvini; their property, lilxTty. ;iiui ;;i<Nt valii«)>h'«f ail, tliwir hoiimir. Why -!u.iil(l five ycar> of such exLstcnco bo sulfiricnt t<> niiiljlo a man to avoid the oi'liii.iry <':<n;iiimitiri!i.i of a b^rri-tor:- , (.'an il I'c Siiitl that live, years' resifh iiif in Kr.iknuru or Akurna, with a /tra-ss piaio Uμ, lie sufficient in:p|l»'-ccual exerriso to rjualify a man to net in intrieato or otlirr cas n s? ft is afwiii.l to say that it i<. The real fact of the- position is tliat the buck door ennanet- is a jircmium to indoleiM-p, and incentive to voting men alter p:i.*iiiK tJie very iwsy rr>iiritoi J a exaiiiifiation (passed l>y many ciiildren on leaving school;, to loaf away the live year.-,' necessary to obtain the exemption from the barrister examination. In dentistry, accountancy, medicine, and every other proFosiion in the colony, examinations stand high, and in tho Law Courts alone exists s_uch a disgraceful at:<l underhand method ot evading the proper testa 01" knowledge which nro provided beforo undertaking the business of clients. Tho standard as to qualification and honour cannot be too hiuh. Lessen the feptf, etc.. •whictf is a democratic thing to do. but save the public from jackdaws strutting in other birds plumes.—Yours, etc., DEMOCRAT.