“The professional function of the advocate is essentially one of supreme, even sublime, indifference to much of what happens in real life.” The words perhaps of a grand Victorian era Queen’s Counsel? Actually, no. They were used as part of an introduction to Advocates, written by highly regarded public law specialist David Pannick QC.
Yet if his wry critique is accurate, how is it solicitors think that commercial barristers can improve the service they offer? Or are they indeed supremely – if not sublimely – indifferent?
