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Why lawyers deserve Michael Gove

The legal profession has gone unreformed for far too long

27 June 2015

9:00 AM

27 June 2015

9:00 AM

A great test of political leadership is how well you deal with vested interests on your own side. In his first speech as Lord Chancellor this week, Michael Gove has shown himself willing to tackle a profession which has long been comfortable with Conservative governments and whose reform, as a consequence, is long overdue.

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