Senior members of the legal profession have a tendency to shy away from telling it like it really is.
But every now and again their true feelings emerge.
Last week at a College of Law debate on diversity at the Bar, a student asked a question about whether the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) proposal to bring in an aptitude test was fair.
Cue the usual bland responses from the panel of assembled experts, who included Helena Kennedy QC.
But something about the question hit a nerve in Sir Mark Potter, the former president of the family division and co-chair of the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR), who was sitting incognito in the audience. Rising unexpectedly from his seat, Potter requested a microphone...