THE President of the Law Society has attempted to move attention away from rogue solicitors — accusing the media of only focusing on a tiny minority.

But he admitted that new modern standards need to be put in place to reflect the substantial changes in the profession in the last century.

More from the Independent.

Andy Kaufman has a message for the President of the Law Society.

People need to be able to trust their solicitors. Simple as that. The Law Society should be working very hard to alleviate people’s real fears (Michael Lynn and Thomas Byrne seem to have run up quite some bills). The Law Society shouldn’t be talking about what they might do, with the implication that once the reassurance is more effective, everything will be fine.

We ourselves must look and see if we can satisfy and reassure the public in a more effective way

Another great example of the general lack of accountability for anything by anyone in Irish public life. As seen in the HSE, this is now systemic and standard. If / when Lynn does reappear, I fully expect to discover that the apparent fraud wasn’t his fault. It was probably the fault of his clients. Or perhaps his postman.

Bears in ill-fitting hats.