Clue: Like Lord Copper to continue to obstruct the legal profession (5,5)
Answer: PRESS BARON
Explanation: Like Lord Copper to continue to obstruct the legal profession (5,5)
**PRESS ON** ("continue") *to obstruct* **BAR** ("the legal profession") 
*Lord Copper was the owner of *The Daily Beast* in Evelyn Waugh's *Scoop*.