Shahnaz…when you are talking to your client across a 2’6” desk his or her viral loaded breath is not being sucked out of the window, it is coming straight at you! Especially when they raise they voice as they nearly always do in frustration.
Stay well. Please!
Ros
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Sent: 21 October 2020 15:08
To: Maggie Frame <maggie@brookelavingtonlaw.co.uk>; members@mail.lccsa.org.uk
Subject: RE: Wimbledon DS Rooms
Actually Wimbledon duty solicitor room has always had a large window which can be opened.
Croydon has newish consultation rooms with fans/ air filters etc.
In fact the duty solicitor room in Croydon Magistrates has a large window as well. Room is also large.
Certainly the cleaning aspect needs to be addressed.
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 14:26, Maggie Frame
<maggie@brookelavingtonlaw.co.uk> wrote:
Im afraid we just don’t matter. We have no political muscle and we tend to just moan and grumble rather than formally complain. If you are willing to attend courts and work under those conditions they will do nothing.
They just want you to attend court shut up and help them get through the backlog.
There is no point in writing about the issues amongst ourselves we all know there are issues.
I have written to the LCCSA and Law society. Now that solicitors are meekly attending court there is no reason for them to fix anything.
It is pointless raising the issues with the courts are they are so proud of how they have introduced so much to help with Covid 19.
There is nothing you can do as individuals, there is not enough solicitors bothered by the conditions and so I am afraid nothing will be done.
I wish you all the luck in the world in sorting this out.
Best Wishes
Margaret Frame
Brooke Lavington Law
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Sent: 21 October 2020 13:08
To: 'Lynn Roberts'
Cc: members@mail.lccsa.org.uk
Subject: RE: Wimbledon DS Rooms
Everywhere the same I suspect.
I just filled in the law society survey and used the “ anything else you would like us to consider” question at the end to have a rant about how covid unsafe court is for the users.
I made the point, amongst others, that the only outside door handles were wiped, which is clearly ridiculous.
Also …out of interest…how many courts other than Bromley only have cold water for you to wash your hands?
How many courts provide no drinking water whatsoever now?
Frankly if my local independent travel agent can put up a screen or two at her desk even as she goes bust you would have thought the MOJ might have put something in place for us in an interview room...because they certainly expect us to be fully prepared and armed with instructions to progress the case on the first appearance.
If every shop up and down the land can provide santising gel as you walk in why is the gel at court kept out of reach to all but the clerk and the bench? It should be on dispensers outside every court room door?
I absolutely include myself in this...but why have we all become such wet blankets too feeble to protect ourselves and our families when we carry God knows what home?
Oh no…do not bother answering that last one I know the answer …we are both too cowed by the need to scrape a living and afraid of the next guy who will pick off our client’s if we try any form of protest.
Ros
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Subject: RE: Wimbledon DS Rooms
And Croydon MC.
Lynn Roberts
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Subject: RE: Wimbledon DS Rooms
Same at Thames MC.
Nearest the cleaner got was outside the door (as I saw her) the dust build up in the room, made it clear that nobody had dusted for a while...
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Date: 21/10/2020 08:16 (GMT+00:00)
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Subject: FW: Wimbledon DS Rooms
Morning All
Has anyone raised the inadequacy/ basic lack of Covid compliance of the Duty Solicitor rooms at WMC with the powers that be there ? Lack of socially distanced space , no ventilation , no protective screens ….
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