Complex sentence: The Law Adviser's duty to advise magistrates on points of law was widely criticised as an interference by the Crown with the independence of the judiciary: perhaps for this reason the office was left vacant after 1883.
Split into simpler sentences: The Law Adviser's duty to advise magistrates on points of law was widely criticised as an interference by the Crown with the independence of the judiciary. Perhaps for this reason the office was left vacant after 1883.