With regard to the question of the boycott of lawyers and the legal
institutions I agree with the main recommendations of the Committee. Many
questions have been raised as to whether the right of defence should be
allowed or not and on what occasions, and for what purposes. I have never
been in love with formal rules, and I think it impossible to frame rules
which will cover all the circumstances which may arise in particular
cases. All that I desire to insist on, is the keeping in view of the
principle of the boycott of courts.