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Lawyers leap to Carter-Ruck’s defence

The journalist is not defending Carter Ruck, but putting forward the views of the people she spoke to. The recent campaign in the national press to berate lawyers is not without prejudice- they are after all the subject of the attack and more often than not paying extortionate legal costs. Here the article is saying that Carter Ruck (or any other media firm) doesn't operate in a little legal bubble of its own, created solely for the purposes of its work. It hasn't created a law especially for Carter Ruck clients. What it has done- with the consent of the court- is attempt to extend the law into the House of Commons. Admittedly that was a step too far, but it was the court's decision to allow the injunction to reach that far. This journalist is not defending Carter Ruck- what she is doing is putting forward the arguments and views of media lawyers who find themselves under attack from the national press which is reluctant to offer space to the claimant lawyers- or take their views constructively. I think it is a fair and balanced article.

28-Oct-2009

3:24 pm