Solicitors Reject Proposal by Large Majority: Members of the Law Society assembled at the hall of the Society in Chancery lane, yesterday, to her the result of the poll demanded on January 21 on a motion moved by Mr. H. P. Gisborne, of London, “That it is in the public interest, as a measure of reconstruction, that there should be a complete fusion between the two branches of the legal profession.” Mr. R. A. Pinsent, president of the society, announced the figures: For Fusion … 1,820: Against … 3,531: Majority against … 1,711: The result was received with cheers.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948