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on civil appeals: as the two frequently disagreed Lawton was often tasked with to deliver leading judgments in matters where he had little experience. In 1973, he criticised the
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the same year. As such he was reportedly the highest earner at the criminal bar. He was highly regarded as a pupil master. Amongst his pupils were
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described him as "the most knowledgeable and robust exponent of the criminal justice system as an effective instrument of social control".
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but was unfit for service after a training accident in 1941. He had ended his association with the Far Right and he later joined the
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On 4 August 1937 Lawton married Doreen Wilton a typist and the daughter of a Prison
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for shoplifting, the defence of the train driver who drove into a stationary train in the 1957
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but no such notice was made as the forecast 1940 election was shelved due to the World War II.
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from 1959 to 1985, and its chairman from 1977. On his appointment as chair, the barrister
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The Old Bailey remains the venue of the most high-profile trials locally and nationally
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may be socially acceptable in
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Hanley. His father, a former insurance agent, had joined the
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186:on joining the army, set to fight
16:British barrister and senior judge
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464:Sir Frederick made at least four
216:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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887:James Morton (5 February 2001).
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507:his reported decisions include:
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194:Frederick Lawton was born in
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