“The phrase ‘unintended consequences’ rarely passes the lips of our most senior lawyers, judges, or academics.
Like many in the professional classes, lawyers have become cheerleaders for most fashionable progressive causes, abandoning the caution and prudence that once defined the discipline.
Worse, they have become enforcers - shutting down dissenting voices inside and outside the profession”.
Damning words from retired barrister Louise Clegg.
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