One of the great Advocates - defender of Blake, Vassal, Lady Chatterley, Christine Keeler, Duncan Campbell, Tom Keating and others - his cases were landmarks for a society changing from secrecy, deference and prudishness to something better. His sympathy for those up against the big battalions makes him something of a hero. All that, plus an interesting war and marriage to Peggy Ashcroft, means an entertaining and instructive read. Undiminished at 100, Hutchinson adds a
postscript tearing Chris Grayling's changes apart.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 78 Autumn 2015 ) |
