New Zealand Republicans Condemn Return of “Queen’s Counsel”.

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The New Zealand republican movement has called the return of the term “Queen’s Counsel” for senior lawyers “pointless, meaningless and regressive “. It predicted that the title would be abolished again as the opposition party has promised to do so if it again forms the government. The use of the title discriminates against republicans who reject the feudal notion of hereditary right.


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