John Laws Gruff?

Moot memorialises much missed magnifico

Sir John Laws, who died nearly two years ago at the age of 74, was one of the jolliest judges I ever knew. I remember going to record an interview with him in 1986 for the Radio 4 series Law in Action. Two years earlier, he had been made treasury devil, the independent barrister who represents the government in the civil courts.

“The prospect of being in…