By tradition, the S.G. staff operates according to a different standard from that of the hired guns who generally appear before the Supreme Court.

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"Many of these people get paid a lot more than the standard salary that's paid to the normal staff, " he said.

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Zahra's lawyers told the court that hospital staff did not follow the standard recommended manoeuvres in September 1994 when the emergency, known as shoulder dystocia, occurred during her birth.

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One of the UK's largest building societies is giving staff grammar lessons after concerns about the standard of their written English.

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More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol-content standard or lower, according to a report by the board's staff.

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Dr Brian Keighley, the chairman of the British Medical Association Scotland, said the high standard of performance was testimony to the NHS's hard-working staff, under pressure to achieve targets as staffing numbers and budgets fall.

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