The only identifiable lawyers - those who acted in a manner familiar to those on Earth in the late twentieth century AD - were three Federation ones: two civil, Alta Morag and Tel Varon, representing the prosecution and the defence in Blake's trial (The Way Back); and one military, Major Thania, defending Travis (Trial).
The title of these three may have been 'advocate', as Varon was described as such by the arbiter in Blake's trial. Morag and Varon were similarly dressed when in court: a tunic with a V-shaped neckline, and a floor length cloak, all in burgundy, though Varon wore a lighter shade of that colour. In both cases, the tunic's neckline was trimmed with a dark purple stripe, bordered at both edges with a lighter shade of that colour, which met a similarly-coloured horizontal stripe across the front, at the same level as one across the back.
From the behaviour of these lawyers, their possible title, and the dress of the civil lawyers, it is reasonable to assume that a legal profession existed in the Terran Federation. The difference in the shades of burgundy worn by Morag and Varon may indicate a form of grading within that profession. Nothing was said regarding the education and training provided by that profession, and whether it varied depending on a person's desire to become a civil or military lawyer.
Orac was not a lawyer, although claimed by Avon to be his and Tarrant's 'legal advisor' to explain their knowledge of the Teal-Vandor Convention to Max. This claim reasonably implied that lawyers and legal professions also existed on non-Federation worlds.
It may be assumed that these various legal professions, including the Federation's, had codes of conduct for their members. Such codes, if like those of legal professions in the late twentieth century, presumably included: the duty of a lawyer to uphold a client's interests regardless of his own or the consequences to himself or another person; the duty to defend any accused person on whose behalf he has been instructed regardless of his belief or opinion regarding his guilt or innocence; the duty not to knowingly deceive or mislead the court; and the conducting, subject to the code, of a case by the lawyer in such a manner as in his discretion he feels will be most to the advantage of his client.
While Varon kept to these presumed principles in his representation of Blake, carrying out the latter's wish to offer no defence to the charges, Morag and Thania did not, behaving in a way that in the late twentieth century would have been regarded as professional misconduct. Morag's misconduct can be judged by the standards of that period by looking at the judgement in an English case, _Dallison v Caffrey_ [1964] 2 AER, 610 at 618, when Lord Denning MR held that:
The duty of a prosecuting counsel or solicitor, as I have always understood it, is this: if he knows of a credible witness who can speak to material facts which tend to show the prisoner to be innocent, he must either call that witness himself or make his statement available to the defence. It would be highly reprehensible to conceal from the court the evidence which such a witness can give. If the prosecuting counsel or solicitor knows, not of a credible witness, but a witness whom he does not accept as credible, he should tell the defence about him so that they can call him if they wish.
Thania's misconduct was obvious, colluding with Servalan to ensure that there was 'no trouble'.
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A powerful sidearm installed in the forefinger of Travis" left hand (the
artificial one, naturally!). Travis described it as "more powerful than any
sidearm". In Seek-Locate-Destroy it appeared to require a charging-up
period before firing, although in later episodes it was used spontaneously
without trouble. In Duel it was unable to function, as were all other
weapons under the influence of Sinofar. In Orac, a shot from Avon
destroyed the hand, but the lazeron destroyer was still fitted to the
replacement. The trigger circuit was removed at the time of Travis"
court-martial: Travis demanded its return from Servalan at gunpoint. In
Hostage, Travis adjusted the yellow crystal on the ring of the lazeron
finger, and also operated an unseen control in his palm. This may have been
to activate the weapon, or perhaps indicated a bolt intensity modulator or
similar function. In Gambit the arm was disconnected by Jarriere,
leaving the weapon unusable (Travis used a Federation-issue pistol during
this period) but reconnected by Docholli. Uses of the lazeron destroyer were
as follows:
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Before he joined the freedom fighters on Helotrix, Igin was director of geological studies at Leedenbrank. This suggests that Leedenbrank was a university or similar. However, Colonel Quute cited the destruction of Leedenbrank "along with 18,000 defenders". That implies either a very big campus or that Leedenbrank was the name of a university town. The latter seems more likely.
Auron ambassador, sent to Lindor to forge an alliance against the Federation. He met President Sarkoff during his last years of office, and Sarkoff told Cally that he also wanted this alliance, but nothing ever came of their meeting. Cally at least knew of Leeharn, and spoke of him as though they had met personally. As Sarkoff left the Liberator, Cally told him to inform Leeharn, should they ever meet, that he was free to return to Auron. This contradicts to some extent Auron's isolationist stance, and might indicate shifts in policy amongst the planet's government.
Author of the United Kingdom, Earth, of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries AD. Her prolific output mostly included childrens' books, science fiction, fantasy, and horror; but, out of all her works, Don Keller found an untitled poem to be most appropriate to his situation on Virn, and quoted it in Sand.
See POETRY.
Along with Carl Deca and Payter Fen, one of three children treated to believe he (or possibly she) had been assaulted by Blake. Leesal's date of birth was given as 42.1.5 and was thus probably the oldest of the three (a little over ten years old). S/he was a patient of Dr A.J. Globbs and attended school ZL2 Level 716.
One of the technicians who elected to remain on Star One for the rest of their natural lives. Later replaced by an alien. The substitute Leeth was seen leading a search for Lurena on the surface of Star One's planet.
Governor of Outer Gal, described by Avon as "the only sane one amongst them" and renowned for her attention to detail. She harboured Travis, believing him to be Shivan, and worked with Ven Glynd after his defection in compiling evidence that would discredit the senior echelons of the Federation (she claimed to have been working with him "for years"). She boarded the Liberator on its way to Atlay, and insisted that Blake take a position of seniority over her, on the basis that "he who leads must be from Earth" (implying she was not born on Earth?). Her plot was known to Servalan, and she died on Atlay, killed by a shot from one of Servalan's troopers. She had her own security forces, who were heard battling with Servalan's troops but presumably to no avail.