Nigel John Richardson[1] (born February 1958) is a British human rights lawyer who serves as a deputy district judge.
[10] In 2012, Richardson, together with his colleague Myles Jackman, successfully defended Simon Walsh, barrister and Court of Aldermen member who was accused of possession of extreme pornography under Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.
[11] In 2016 Richardson represented Coronation Street actor Marc Anwar[12] who became the centre of a racism row after posting a controversial comment about Indians on Twitter, which resulted in his sacking from the ITV soap.
[14] Orton was an English writer who in 1962 was sentenced to six months imprisonment for historic sexual offences and fined for stealing and damaging Islington Public Library books.
[17] In 2014, together with Peter Clark, barrister at 187 Fleet Street Chambers[18] who specialises in sex cases, he co-authored a book called Sexual Offences – A Practitioner’s Guide.