Richard Egan (solicitor)

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Richard Egan
Born
Richard Egan
NationalityBritish
OccupationDefence lawyer
Years active1990–present
Known forAdvocacy in high-profile criminal cases
AwardsLegal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award
WebsiteTuckersSolicitors.com

Richard Egan is an English solicitor known for his work and advocacy in high-profile criminal defence cases.[1] He is also known as a charity worker and a recipient of Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award he was awarded in recognition for his work defending Lotfi Raissi[2] who was wrongly accused[3] of training September 11 hijackers.[4] In 2014 Egan came to notice after successful defence of Tania Clarence[5] who was charged with murder of her two children after her unsuccessful legal battle with social workers.[6] After a series of defence motions, murder charge was reduced to that of a manslaughter by diminished responsibility[7] and Clarence was given a hospital order.[8]

  1. ^ "Richard Egan: Tuckers Solicitors partner". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ "MARSHALL: In the confusion after September 11th, the FBI clung to one certainty. Of the hundreds rounded up for questioning, their biggest catch was Lotfi Raissi, arrested and held in London, awaiting extradition to America". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Richard Egan: the family was contemplating taking further action, possibly against the British police as well as the US authorities". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ "AWARDS: honour for lawyer who advised man wrongly accused of 11 September involvement". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Tania Clarence: Family's middle class status blamed for failure to care for mother who smothered three children". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Mother who killed her three disabled kids overwhelmed by care, court rules". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Tania Clarence: Mother who killed her three disabled children given hospital order". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  8. ^ "A woman who killed three of her children by smothering them has been detained under a hospital order". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.