Government attacks on lawyers degrading, say former Tory law officers

Dominic Grieve and Edward Garnier denounce lefty lawyer' rhetoric as dossier target fears abuse will turn physical

Two former Conservative law officers have criticised the political rhetoric against lefty lawyers" as damaging and wrong as the head of the Law Society warned it could lead to physical attacks on immigration solicitors.

Dominic Grieve, a former attorney general, and Edward Garnier, a Conservative peer and former solicitor general, said lawyers should not be attacked for doing their jobs, regardless of who they represent or their personal views.