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Harassment injunction: The latest ‘must-have’
Harassment injunction: The latest ‘must-have’
Press Gazette
October 2009
The protection from Harassment Act 1997 came in to force in July 1997. Twelve years on it is now being used by celebrities to curtail the activities of the press, says lawyer Tim Lawson-Cruttenden
Injunctions upon the Harassment Act have proved to be highly attractive civil remedies, as they are enforceable in the criminal courts. Consequently, breaching any injunctions ordered under the Act “without reasonable excuse” is a criminal offence.
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 now out of the exclusive grip of the Bar.
The newspaper listed army officer-turned-solicitor advocate Tim Lawson-Cruttenden, of London firm Dawson Cornwell & Co, as the man in court for the respondent in an appeal presided over by the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Millett and Schiemann.
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 times the entire health budget or a penny on income tax for 125 years,” reported Patrick Hosking in The Times on 9 May 2009 in relation to Royal Bank of Scotland. This could be a crisis of epic proportions, forcing future generations to bear the cost of present financial indiscretion. In the words of Launcelot in The Merchant of Venice, it now seems that “the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children”. Just as there is no such thing as a free lunch, so the concept of ‘free banking’ upon which much of the financial system was based may cost this and future generations dear.
‘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.
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, Lehman Brothers, AIG Corp, Bradford & Bingley, and Dunfermline. Throw in Iceland and Bernie “Made-Off” and we have some idea of the international scale of this disaster.
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
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 heart of the co-terrorist peril, 23 December 2008).
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 stop to the tactics used by the Sussex Wildlife Protection group and its two main organisers, Simon and Jaine Wilde (pictured).
“Since the Hunting Act they have been using old sabbing tactics — balaclavas, sprays, whips, hunting horns and tape recorders — to disrupt our legal hunting activities,” said senior master Anthony Sandeman, who is representing the hunt in the action. “But the main thing is the continual trespass. Farmers are getting fed up with it.”
Complete article here : horseandhound.co.uk