Gordon Robinson | It’s a matter of respect!

When I was a rookie lawyer the late, great William Arthur Scholefield (pronounced “Skofield”) introduced me to the Supreme Court.

He walked me from his Duke Street offices into the Court building. We entered through the entrance in front of UDC car park without having to show anybody any ID of any kind. Recently new rules of entry were imposed. First a system of segregation was created that prevented clients and lawyers from entering the building together. Lawyers alone could enter through the car park entrance while clients had to walk around to the King Street entrance to face security measures before admission.

Then, about three years ago, I received an e-mail notice that lawyers must present an official General Legal Council (GLC) ID in order to enter through the car park entrance. The next day I received an e-mail circular from GLC that their ID’s cost was increased effective immediately.