A solicitor from the Belfast firm, Darragh Mackin, said: "We think Amal's track record speaks for itself, as do all of the counsels' CVs in this case.
Worse, this wheeze appears to have emanated not from the deepest counsels of the editorial department, but from marketing and distribution.
A Martini must be freshly made – "You can no more keep a Martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss" – and he counsels against making them too strong: a Martini should make you believe that "at any moment we may see the unicorn.
For the rest of his political career, he was at the heart of the party's counsels as it coped with the effects of sustained terrorist violence, and led the drive for peace and political stability.
It also counsels against blaming every problem on the departed executive.
Companies' general counsels pay much more attention to offsets than they did a decade ago, says Grant Rogan, the head of Blenheim Capital.Even if graft really is on the wane, offsets' complexities make it hard to measure the true cost of defence deals.
"Don't announce the names of the people who have to go over the public-address system," counsels Ms Duck.
In his latest offering ("Primal Leadership: Realising the Power of Emotional Intelligence", Harvard Business School) he counsels business leaders to create a "reservoir of positivity that inspires passion and motivates people".
This shows Midas on his throne, receiving the counsels of Ignorance and Suspicion, with a hooded Envy clasping the hand of Calumny, who in turn, with Deception and Fraud attending, is dragging the unidentified victim by the hair, while Penitence turns hopefully towards stark-naked Truth.
Once an allegation has been made to the attorney-general, a special prosecutor must be appointed within 90 days if the attorney-general sees "reasonable cause" for further investigations; the presumption is that, at the first whiff of misbehaviour, a special prosecutor must follow.In this section Drowning in oil Going bananas Are independent counsels necessary?
In response to a tricky legal issue raised on a Friday, he requested that briefs from the opposing counsels be brought to his chambers on Saturday, and he delivered an opinion when the court reopened on a Monday.
