What if we arrested bin Laden? draft instructions to counsel

From: The Spectator | Date: October 13, 2001| Author: Beloff, Micheal | Copyright information

1. Counsel is instructed on behalf of alQa'eda, an unincorporated association of uncertain domicile ('the clients'), to advise on certain hypotheses relating to a Mr Osama bin Laden (hereinafter referred to as 'ObL'). Counsel should be aware that Instructing Solicitors cannot guarantee that Counsel's fees will be paid in the light of recent measures taken to freeze the clients' bank accounts; nor do they envisage that public funds are likely to be available for ObL. They assume that, in what ...

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