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| [I.] | First Impressions | [1] |
| | The Law Courts Building on the Strand.—A Court
Room.—Participants in a Trial.—Wigs and
Gowns.—Colloquial Methods.—Agreeable Voices.—
Similarity to American Trials. | |
| [II.] | The Making of Lawyers | [9] |
| | Classes from which Barristers and Solicitors are
Drawn.—The Inns of Court.—Inns of Chancery.—
American Students at Period of Revolution.—A
Barrister's Chambers.—Training of Barristers in
an Inn.—Being Called to the Bar.—Training of
Solicitors.
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| [III.] | Barristers | [29] |
| | Waiting for Solicitors as Clients. "Devilling."—
Juniors.—Conduct of a Trial.—"Taking Silk."—
Becoming a K. C.—Active Practice.—The Small
Number of Barristers.
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| [IV.] | Barristers—The Common Law and Chancery Bars | [39] |
| | Bar Divided into Two Parts. No Distinction Between
Criminal and Civil Practice.—Leaders.—"Taking
His Seat" in a Particular Court.—"Going Special."—
List of Specials and Leaders.—Significance of
Gowns and "Weepers." "Bands."—"Court Coats."—
Wigs in the House of Lords.—Barristers' Bags,
Blue and Red.
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| [V.] | Solicitors | [49] |
| | Line Which Separates Them from the Bar.—Solicitor
a Business Man.—Family Solicitors.—Great City
Firms of Solicitors.—The Number of Solicitors in
England and Wales.—Tendency Toward Abolishing the
Distinction Between Barrister and Solicitor.—
Solicitors Wear no Distinctive Dress Except in
County Courts.—Solicitors' Bags.
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| [VI.] | Business and Fees | [57] |
| | Influential Friends of Barrister.—Junior's and
Leader's Brief Fees.—Fees of Common Law and
Chancery Barristers.—Barrister Partnerships not
Allowed.—English Litigation Less Important than
American.—Clerks of Barristers and Solicitors
Haggle over Fees.—Solicitors' Fees.
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| [VII.] | Discipline of the Bar and of Solicitors | [67] |
| | The General Council of the Bar.—The Statutory
Committee of the Incorporated Law Society.—
Rulings on Various Matters.—Lapses from Correct
Standards.
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| [VIII.] | The Civil Courts | [87] |
| | The General System.—Different Courts.—Rules of
Practice Made by Lord Chancellor.—Juries, Common
and Special.—Judges and How Appointed.—Judges'
Pay.—Costs. Court Notes.—Some Differences in
English and American Methods.
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| [IX.] | Courts of Appeal | [107]
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| | The Court of Appeal.—House of Lords.—Divisional
Court.—Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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| [X.] | Masters—the Time Savers | [117] |
| | Current Hearings.—Minor Issues Threshed out.
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| [XI.] | The Police Courts | [125] |
| | Current Hearings.
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| [XII.] | The Central Criminal Court—The Old Bailey | [131] |
| | Current Trials
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| [XIII.] | An Important Murder Trial | [145] |
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| [XIV.] | Litigation Arising Outside of London | [169] |
| | Local Solicitors.—Solicitors' "Agency Business."—
The Circuits and Assizes.—Local Barristers.—The
County Courts.—The Registrar's Court.
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| [XV.] | General Observations and Conclusion | [177] |
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| | [Index] | [195] |
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