Why the Web’s Bad News for Rumpole…

Sean Hargrave in the Daily Mail of 16 November reported that as the Internet goes from strength to strength more people are turning their backs on flesh-and-blood lawyers and sorting their legal affairs online. He says that whilst some lawyers will be worried about the advent of websites offering to do their job for a fraction of the price, Hilary Siddle, chair of the Law Society’s Family Law Committee, welcomed the new services, saying “At the end of the day you don’t go to a lawyer for help for filling the sorts of forms you can now get online. You go to a lawyer for expert advice. If you feel you can proceed without that advice, that’s fine’. The Daily Mail recommends two websites in particular, www.desktoplawyer.net which offers a wide variety of legal forms and advice covering such areas as employment, wills, rent and divorce at a fraction of the cost of their high street equivalents and www.lawrights.co.uk which it describes as a fantastic site packed with question-and-answer sections on just about any legal issue you can think of.