 Secondly, Bent came under the influence of his brother.Unfortunately, Bent's brother proved to be the opposite of Bent and was obstructive at every possible time.Whilst Bent had been initially progressive in allowing convict lawyers to appear in the Court of Civil Jurisdiction to assist litigants as agents, he sided with his brother that they should not be allowed to appear in the newly created Supreme Court of Civil Judicature to which his brother had been appointed.