“Trusted to the ends of the earth”. Outcomes-focused regulation and risk-taking in the legal profession

Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: commendation, University of London, language: English, abstract: Lawyers “may be trusted to the ends of the earth”. This statement might not reflect the public opinion anymore. The scandals around lawyers and their legal opinions in the wake of the financial crisis and the publication of the ‘Panama Papers’ raised the questions, i...