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I am not a lawyer
6 May 2026Lawyers are what we call a "trusted" profession.
They are held to a high standard because in the course of their activities they may be trusted with significant sums of money, perhaps even millions in the case of conveyancing. Likewise, if you're relying on someone to defend you in a court where the stakes may be a significant fine or even loss of liberty, you need to be absolutely sure that the person you're paying meets minimum standards of knowledge and experience whilst also being deemed a "fit and proper person".
For this reason, "trusted" professions usually have some kind of body that is granted exclusive legal powers to act as a gatekeeper, vetting and approving applicants who wish to become practicing lawyers, doctors etc.
There are also very strong protections in law that make it a crime to hold yourself out to be a "lawyer" without a current practicing certificate -- the endorsement of the gateway body.
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Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?
I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/
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