As a learned judge said in one case, the child is not invited, for example, to slide down the banisters.
If choice is maintained between a state nationalised defence service and independent solicitors and banisters, there is no contest.
Most salaried defenders, however, would represent the disadvantaged in just the same way as independent banisters.
Thus, if the parent is one person, that leaves only one place for a lawyer, leaving banisters aggrieved that they cannot be accompanied by solicitors.
That is the very time when our leading lawyers, whether they be banisters or—at the better end of the profession—solicitors are at their peak.
The danger is that one gets prosecution-minded judges selected from prosecution-minded banisters.
No specific representations have been received about monitoring banisters' fees.
However, it is possible that defence banisters could be more aggressive, ruthless and clinical in cross-examination.
