LAWYERS WORLDWIDE FEAR THEIR OWN PROFESSION IS PREY TO CORRUPTION
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW global survey involving the International Bar Association (IBA) has revealed widespread concern amongst lawyers that their profession is compromised by corruption. Working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the IBA showed that nearly half of all respondents stated corruption was an issue in their own legal profession; more than 70% said so in the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Baltic States and eastern Europe. There were some surprises. Around 38% of British lawyers said they were ...
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