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Does anyone else remember the passage in Stalky when the three schoolboys are up before the Headmaster, in trouble again, and the Head says:

“Good evening. I want your undivided attention for a few minutes. You've known me for five years, and I've known you for twenty-five”.

As I approach the end of my career, over forty years a solicitor, I feel that that’s how long I have known this character – or others like him. The sort who can’t change their minds and won’t change the subject. The type, indeed, for whom CROs were intended. Only they should last five years, not two, and if they have to be renewed it should be for life.

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