No need to apologise; constructive debate and purposive dissent
makes for improvement resulting in common good. In any case, no one
likes lawyers; it's ok, I have come to terms with that. Only stupid
young kids think it's a glamorous profession, with all their ideals
about saving the world ... ooh are they in for a world of hurt if
they get admitted into law school. Speaking of which, kids these
days, really full of shit; especially those that dress like hippies
and sport Macbooks, Ipods and speak 1/2 assed French.
You'll be surprised at how strictly the Law Society handles
professional negligence - an example: lawyer was specifically told
by client not to make payment before a certain date; the lawyer
made payment the day before that date; the lawyer was debarred and
banned from practice for 2 years.
There are practical reasons why attention is not drawn to
disciplinary offences/proceedings; faith must always be had in the
integrity of the legal system, and it's practitioners - without
this, the very foundations of justice and consequently, society,
could collapse.
People remember professional negligence by doctors/engineers more
frequently because the implications of their actions are larger in
that the direct consequence can result in life/death. Hence, the
adoration by the media. On the other hand, professional negligence
by lawyers very often, at most, result in economic loss - which
while initially shocking, fades with time. Even the biggest legal
crook (in my opinion), Glenn Knight, has been forgiven with the
passage of time.
Further, generally, lawyers are more conscious of their mistakes
(or foresight as to their inability) - in law school, professional
negligence is instilled and reinforced as it can literally destroy
a career (and life).
All I seek is to defend the profession and my community; let it not
be condemned in entirety because of the failings of a few. No doubt
I hide behind a moniker but isn't that the attraction that draws us
all to forums in the first place? 
