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IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DOING…
Source : The LAWYER – 29 August 1995 – IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DOING…
Several years ago the idea of a solicitor advocate being featured in a law report in The Times would have been unthinkable. But a recent case where this occurred has left no doubt that rights of audience at the highest courts are [...]
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Model Behaviour
Model Behaviour
SolicitorsJournal.Com
02/06/09
Tim Lawson-Cruttenden argues that solicitors could give bankers a lesson or two in protecting clients’ funds
The banking system has been on the verge of collapse for a frighteningly long time. The arithmetic is awesome. “All told, taxpayers are on the hook for about £500bn. To put that in context that is fine [...]
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‘Zero tolerance’ of solicitor bashing
‘Zero tolerance’ of solicitor bashing
Law Society Gazette
14/05/09
As debate intensifies about solicitor advocacy, Tim Lawson-Cruttenden looks at how judges should deal with advocates of either profession
In recent weeks the standard of solicitor advocacy has been the subject of self-doubt by the profession and high-profile criticism by a circuit judge.
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Weak Foundations
Weak Foundations
New Law Journal
01/05/09
The banking system has been built on sand for too long, says Tim Lawson-Cruttenden
The G20 conference heralded a new “Dunkirk spirit” in the UK. Only perhaps the British can claim that a massive defeat is a victory. The casualty list is long and includes Northern Rock, Credit Lyonnais, Bear Stearns, [...]
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If It Ain’t Broke
If It Ain’t Broke
SolicitorsJournal.com
07/04/09
The ideas behind the SRA’s consultation on mandatory re-accreditation for solicitors advocates are under-developed, discriminatory and based on worthless evidence, says Tim Lawson-Cruttenden
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Response: This act only stops protesters who seriously harass
Response: This act only stops protesters who seriously harass
The Guardian
14/01/09
The law protects potential victims of threatening or violent direct action, says Tim Lawson-Cruttenden
I don’t think George Monbiot really understands the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and (what matters much less) my own role in its framing and use (Otterspotting and birdwatching: the dark [...]
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Crawley & Horsham Hunt takes saboteurs to court
Abigail Butcher, H&H news editor
The Crawley and Horsham hunt, together with more than 80 landowners, will go to London’s High Court next month to try to stop saboteurs trespassing and causing harassment and nuisance.
The Crawley and Horsham has employed a leading harassment lawyer to take the ground-breaking civil action which it hopes will put a [...]
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Harassment injunction: The latest ‘must-have’