...Clarke and Son. It is an old law adage, copied from the Italian proverb of Che s'infegna, &c. that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. If he undertakes, of choice, to become fo in making his will, he feems to us to verify the proverb...

...lease, as to render the house unfit for his purpose; or that the restrictions may inmaxim, " That every man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client." The law is a difficult and a profound science, and requires the period of a whole life to be expended...

...that " It is dangerous meddling with edged tools," and of the no less sensible maxim, " That every man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." The law is a difficult and a profound science, and requires the period of a whole life to be expended...

...bear upon terms and phrases which are deemed equivocal and inexplicit. lie seems to think " that every man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client." It does not however appear, that Mr. Dickson supposes all cases to be thus ex posed to risks and difficulties,...

...if not, send another." But beware of extending this to lawbusiness, for it is also written — " The man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." " The d — 1's luck to you" is a proverbial wish amongst the common people, when they bear an ill-will...

...the argument: but we quote the facts for another purpose—to illustrate Lord Mansfield's doctrine, that" a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client." " I once had an opportunity of watching the progress of a single redemption suit, which occupied the...

...subject for the genius of the modern Moliere — the inexhaustible Scribe. If it be allowed that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client, it must be as obvious that he who is his own apothecary has for his patient an individual equally devoid...

...by the petitioner. I fully appreciate, my Lords, the force of that proverb which tells us that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. I therefore would not trust to my own interpretation of the Statutes in question. I had recourse to...

...case, well remarks, that " In Civil Courts it is a maxim, justified by every day's experience, that the man -who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. Military Courts would , practically enforce an opposite doctrine." Not only the military, but many...

...managed his own case, and obtained the full amount of damages claimed. " Thus you see that the maxim, < A man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for his client,' does not always hold good. The two attornies, who had agreed to divide the spoils between them, were...