Legal Profession
Legal practice, professional rights, and institutional duties.
Research and commentary on the regulation of legal practice, lawyers’ professional rights and duties, bar institutions, advocacy, procedure, and access to courts.
4 articles in Legal Profession
01Evidence · Criminal Law · Legal ProfessionCross-Examining a Witness Who Says ‘I Don’t Remember’: Memory, Documents and ContradictionsHow to cross-examine a forgetful witness: practical questions, prior statements and Qanun-e-Shahadat Articles 140 and 155–157, with original source downloads.02Constitutional Law · Legal ProfessionFCC Rules 2026 vs Supreme Court Rules 2025: Key ChangesCompare FCC Rules 2026 with Supreme Court Rules 2025: constitutional appeals, benches, filing templates and advocates. Download the full Gazette PDF.03Constitutional Law · Legal ProfessionFCC Clarifies Section 8 IRA 2012: Up to 25% of a Trade Union Executive May Be Non-WorkmenThe Federal Constitutional Court held that Section 8(1)(d) of the Industrial Relations Act, 2012 requires at least 75% of a trade union executive to be workmen from the relevant establishment or industry, but permits the remaining up to 25% to include non-workmen.04Civil Law · Legal ProfessionLegal Adviser's General Authority Extends to Civil Revision: Supreme CourtIn Central Government v. Tariq Mansoor, the Supreme Court held that a broad authority to defend all departmental court cases ordinarily includes a civil revision arising from the same litigation, unless the appointment order or governing law provides otherwise.