LIPS

  Back from court that same day, I learnt of a colleague, Mr Fred Sruss who was involved in an accident and was lying helplessly in the hospital. Consequently, I realized how complicated life must be for him in that condition, particularly, in our world of today where men still live in caves, where dinosaurs’ and saber tooth tigers still exist in various forms, where the average lawyer has to be physically present before the court or his client to earn a few pennies, where it is survival of the craftiest and the system is designed to reward those who do less, who have no skill, who arrogate to themselves the wealth of others. In contrast, lawyers are thought to be hidebound to rules, theories, ideologies and guidelines, to thrive under difficult conditions, to survive impossible calamity and to solve complex problems. Conversely, with little or no pay, no employment contract, no pension or health insurance benefits. In this situation it is obvious that lack of specialization, la