Lawyers v. Journalists

How many times have we heard complaints from lawyers that journalists don’t generally understand the sublties of law or how we miss represented someone’s legal position?

But the complaints have remained verbal and not physical.

Good thing we don’t live in Pakistan:

PAKISTAN: Lawyers at it again, assault journalists at LHC

Journalists hold rally to protest lawyers’ assault on reporters and cameramen following court hearing pertaining to a previous attack

Dawn
Friday, August 7, 2009

LAHORE — Continuing their assault on journalists, lawyers attacked and manhandled reporters and cameramen on the premises of the Lahore High Court on Thursday after the hearing of a suo motu case pertaining to the thrashing of an ASI and reporters by some lawyers in a sessions court last week.

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