The fortunes of the legal and medical professions during the “Troubles” - Presentation to The Northern Ireland Medicolegal Society - October 14 2014
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The seed for my presentation emerged from Mr Justice Ben Stevens’ eloquent Presidential address last year. In thanking him I reflected that we have taken for granted how, after 1969, while much of civil society failed to function, lawyers and doctors maintained the highest professional and ethical standards, with many developing national and international reputations. Most crucially, law and medicine never compromised themselves by acquiescing in the divisions which have riven our community.
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