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16 September 2022
Issue: 7994 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: High-rollers, high principles? Rich lawyer ethics

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Lawyers are getting richer as well as poorer, with huge profits at City firms, writes NLJ columnist Geoffrey Bindman KC, in this week’s issue

But at the same time, ‘dirty money’ is flooding into the City, so how can we be sure stringent ethical standards are being adhered to at all times?

He writes: ‘Lawyers are not responsible for the ethics of their clients but they play a part, wittingly or unwittingly, in the use made by their advice.’

Moreover, he asks, is it time to revisit former Lord Chancellor Michael Gove’s suggestion of a levy on the highest earning lawyers to boost legal aid? See p7.
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