By Gabriel Princewill-
British Lawyers need to stand up and be counted in the political crisis facing the United kingdom. Lawyers in the Uk should have a duty to contribute their views to country when a political crisis of this magnitude is threatening to wreck the stability of the country.
Lawyers have kept their views confined to their bars and their sitting rooms, with very few willing to come out and propose a solution in this climate of disharmony and confusion.
In a situation like this where a deal agreed between the Uk and The EU is not palatable with views held by the majority of members of parliament, there ought to be a handful of lawyers who can competently dissect the issues of contention, and highlight the shortcomings of the respective positions taken by various factions of parliament. There appears to be a shortage of lawyers prepared to advance a coherent and impenetrable argument for adopting one position or the another in this times of disunity and lack of clarity about the way forward.
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The impending harm that can result from the inflexible dissenting views hampering progress can be immeasurably damaging. Lawyers are supposedly individuals with high intellectual prowess, in much the same way as parliamentarians. Yet, Britain’s pool of eminent lawyers are conspicuously absent from the discourse about the way forward, not wanting to go on record about a matter dividing the country, and with an eventual course that could be consequential in future.
Their silence calls for an in depth examination of just how perceptive they are about the current political impasse facing the country. Many have an opinion they are prepared to discuss off the record, but most are apprehensive of giving their view on a public platform. In a climate of heavy dissension and competing interests, there is no strong voice from the legal profession with a clear direction and logic that cannot be refuted.
APATHY
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Legal firms and academic lawyers have displayed a level of apathy in publicly highlighting new recommendations for a harmonious progress to Brexit negotiations. The Law Society has published lots of information about how Brexit can affect the legal profession and provide advice to help members of the profession prepare for every eventuality. However, they are not prepared to commit on a solution moving forward because of the sensitivities of the many issues at hand. Individual lawyers are not barred from sharing their views, but one will be pressed to find many prepared to do so publicly.
British politics has been blighted by lack of insight and foresight about how best to proceed with Brexit in the face of competing views on the matter. Time is running out fast and the British public has been at the mercy of clueless politicians whose academic and political clout have failed to have any substantive bearings on the vexatious issue of Britain’s political divorce from the European Union.
There is no unified notion on how to proceed, and Mps do not appear to be incapable of prescribing a more attractive framework that is impeccable in its overall delivery and functionality for the Uk. With Mps becoming increasingly disillusioned with the current state of affairs, the British public is been more restless about the protracted process of formalising an exit they collectively agreed to, but which is proving arduous in the circumstances.
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