Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden

Arthur Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden (23 January 1955[1] – 17 April 2019[2]) was a British solicitor.[3] He specialised in court-martial law, and using the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 to contain and curtail protest involving, amongst other matters, anti-corporate groups.[4] He acted in numerous cases involving animal rights groups,[5][6] environmentalists,[7] and anti-militarist groups.[8]

Timothy ("Tim") Lawson-Cruttenden was born in Hendon (North London).[9][10] His father, most commonly known as Roy Cruttenden (1925–2019), was an Olympic long jumper.[11] His mother, born Phyllis May Watkins, was a PE teacher.[10] Tim Lawson-Cruttenden attended Harrow School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was a British Army Lieutenant in the Blues and Royals and an honorary legal advisor to the Regiment.

He was the secretary of the Old Harrovian Law Society and was one of the founding members of the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates and its chairman from 2007.

He died by drowning while "body surfing" off the coast of Gibraltar in 2019.[2] An obituary appeared in The Times.[10]

Books

  • Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden and Neil Addison (1997), Blackstone's Guide to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, Blackstone Press, ISBN 978-1-85431-695-0
  • Neil Addison and Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden (1997), Harassment Law & Practice

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Lawyer to the stars dies in tragic body surfing accident in Gibraltar, Daily Mirror, 18 April 2019
  3. ^ "Arthur Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden - The Law Society". solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk.
  4. ^ The solicitor protestors love to hate, BBC South, Inside Out, 26 October 2007
  5. ^ Oxford wins extension to animal rights injunction, The Guardian, 10 November 2004
  6. ^ Oxford seeks animal rights ban, Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2004
  7. ^ Otter-spotting and birdwatching: the dark heart of the eco-terrorist peril, The Guardian, 23 December 2008
  8. ^ High court injunction – the weapon of choice to slap down protests, The Guardian, 27 October 2009
  9. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Tim Lawson-Cruttenden obituary". Lawyer who represented punk’s most subversive figures including Johnny Rotten before changing sides and ‘criminalising protest’. The Times, London. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  11. ^ Melanie Anning (7 June 2019). "Olympian Roy Cruttenden death". Sussex County Amateur Athletic Association. Retrieved 17 October 2019.


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