Comments on: National Service for lawyers http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2006/02/02/national-service-for-lawyers/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Singing Accountant http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2006/02/02/national-service-for-lawyers/#comment-22 Singing Accountant Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:03:09 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/?p=15#comment-22 I agree that it is unlikely your suggestion will be taken up, however I fear some lawyers do not come from the same moral stand point as yourself (A good one I assume from your blogging) and would, if forced to draft legislation, be tempted to continue to draft legislation that is confusing and full of obfuscations. Look what the legislative draftees have done to what was described by its political sponsor as ".. Tax is basically a simple tax." No prize for guessing who said it about which tax. (A clue - last century) I agree that it is unlikely your suggestion will be taken up, however I fear some lawyers do not come from the same moral stand point as yourself (A good one I assume from your blogging) and would, if forced to draft legislation, be tempted to continue to draft legislation that is confusing and full of obfuscations.

Look what the legislative draftees have done to what was described by its political sponsor as “.. Tax is basically a simple tax.” No prize for guessing who said it about which tax. (A clue - last century)

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