RPC judgment

CFA's eh, always have and always will give rise to obvious conflicts of interest.  The amount of times I've been in mediations where everything stands still for three hours while the other side debate fee uplifts with their sols & counsel... 

"Anyone who acts for himself has a fool for a client. 

Bit different if you're a law firm though, right?"

 

Dux you moron, this old saw was specifically designed to describe lawyers acting for themselves. Otherwise it wouldn't be a "client" would it?

Litigants in person WHO ARE LAWYERS.

Because they are people who do cases for clients.

It was commonly said around the inns about any barrister or solicitor acting for themselves. Noone ever said it about a standard LiP. Ever.