- In Toulouse, the lawyers' strike against the pension reform is particularly followed, leading to the desertion of the audiences.
- And if some customers take the fly, the black dresses say that they are mostly understanding.
- They are sometimes even ready to reverse roles by defending their lawyer.
"I have expertise in ten days and my client made it clear to me that if I were not there, he would go without me." The last argument of Raphaël Darribère, lawyer in Toulouse, dates back to "before Christmas". Like his colleagues, he has been on strike against the pension reform for six weeks now and is content, whatever the case, to dig through files while welcoming his clients to the firm.
And if some therefore have trouble digesting a possible defection, others are rather flexible. Like this man, "extracted from the Montauban prison" for an act of investigation and who insisted in person before the judge to support, "in solidarity", his request for adjournment.
Young lawyers and fragile clients
Since the start of the movement, 56% of correctional hearings have been dismissed according to figures published on Monday by La Dépêche du Midi . One can imagine victims or suspects, stamping with impatience, if not disillusioned. Not at all, says Manuel Furet, the Bâtonnier of Toulouse. "When we explain the situation, the vast majority of our customers hear our arguments, many do not approve of the pension reform," he explains. And, given the delays we usually experience, we can't really say that it is the lawyers' movement that is gripping the justice system. ”
"Even among detained clients, there is understanding, even support," testifies a black dress that demonstrated this Monday on the steps of the courthouse. The reform will affect young lawyers who accept legal aid and defend the most vulnerable. They understand that if we can no longer do it because our charges are exploding, they too will be harmed. ”
"Sometimes surprising results"
Even felt "indulgence" in this other lawyer, from the old school. She does not only receive encouragement from her clients. An agent of the penitentiary service of integration and probation of a large French prison, where she must see a client this Tuesday, slipped, air of nothing, all the evil that he thinks of the reform in his electronic signature .
Not sure even that some litigants do not find their account. "We don't let anyone down," says Manuel Furet, "and when we don't get an adjournment we often plead with three. "This" zealous strike "aims to drag the hearings in length. "And three brains are better than one, says the chairman, we get surprising results, especially in immediate appearance and in the law of foreigners. "
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