...to justify his unpopular defence of the US and French revolutionary Tom Paine: ... from the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...that moment the liberties of England are at an end. The practical reality of the cab rank rule is debatable. In the case of Arthur JS Hall and Co (A Firm)...

...very principle of a free trial and the presumption of innocence until proved guilty. "From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end" (Speeches, 1:474-75). Erskine chose...

...justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he sits daily to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses...

...justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend,...

...criticised for undertaking the defense of a criminal, said: "From the moment that any advocate says that be will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he dally sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end." The right of the...