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Collaborating with the enemy

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Date:2 JUN 2014
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Philippa Dolan

I know that we family lawyers care deeply about our clients. So why didn't we fight hard to protect them?

Our criminal colleagues seem to be made of sterner stuff with strikes and boycotts culminating in the recent Court of Appeal decision in the Operation Cotton case where the Prime Minister's brother failed to persuade the Court to uphold the decision of His Honour Judge Leonard.

In the red corner was Alex Cameron QC standing up for the right of defendants to be represented by barristers of a similar calibre to those acting for the prosecution. In the blue corner was the FCA and Minister for (lack of access to) Justice standing up for … a duly elected Government's right to slash its own budget.

This case hit the mainstream media largely because the Prime Minister's brother was on the other side. Let's face it no one could accuse the...

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