SHAKESPEARE AMUSED

A learned correspondent with considerable experience inside the legal profession informs Little Darwin that Australia is facing a glut of unemployed lawyers . He attributes this to the "education racket bandwagon " which is churning out large numbers of would - be lawyers, knowing full well that they are wasting their time and money . In the field of law, he says 20 percent of graduates, if lucky, will actually see the inside of a legal office.

A recent report revealed that in legal aid offices - traditionally under-funded and under- resourced-staff are stressed out , clients lucky to get a 15 minute hearing ( we cannot have cheap ,readily accessible legal advice and representation for the masses - otherwise the corrupt, archaic , ruinously expensive , so- called justice system would crumble ). An earlier study found that lawyers in some large firms were scared to take holidays as they might return to find they had been replaced while away. Small legal firms were also said to be struggling , facing rising costs and competition from the big boys out to snaffle up all the work. As a result, there are many ambulance chasers and what are known in the trade as “street rats” importuning for business .

The Bard ‘s father , said to have been engaged in a bit of dodgy wool trading and money lending,also avoided going to church because of the fear of bumping into debt process servers. Young William did not seem sympathetic to the legal profession when in Henry V1 he had the leader of a rebel mob wanting to kill all lawyers .