Was it William Shakespeare who wrote, “Put a lawyer into uniform but it cannot a soldier make”?
Perhaps not, but if he didn’t then perhaps he should have.
Shakespeare actually wrote, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”.
A bit extreme, or is it?
Australia has a proud tradition of soldier-lawyers though on the other side of the ledger lies significant dross.
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