Robert Rinder Quotes

Robert Rinder

Profession : Judge

Birth : May 31, 1978

If the press is to be free, the state has no role in regulating what is published.

Robert Rinder

We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account.

Robert Rinder

If you are a politician who styles yourself as a model of family virtue but are having a secret affair, you have no right to expect it to remain secret.

Robert Rinder

Most people assume that when you go to court and win your case that you are guaranteed to get your money. Sadly, this isn't always the case.

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It is always best to settle all outstanding financial matters as soon as divorce proceedings are concluded.

Robert Rinder

If an employer decides to flout the law, it may be guilty of criminal offences and subject to serious financial liability.

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If you are concerned you are the victim of illegal corporate surveillance, you should seek specialist - and independent - legal advice at once.

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If a deal advertised on an unknown website looks too good to be true, it almost certainly is.

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People form strong attachments to their properties.

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The state of some of our roads is a matter of national embarrassment.

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Anyone who's been in my court knows my maxim: 'If you make them, you pay for them!'

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I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

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If something looks like a tax avoidance scheme, then that's probably what it is - and there's lots of clever people working day and night to close them down.

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There's something fundamentally grubby about the rich paying people to seek out cracks in the system to hide their money.

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No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

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Before starting a building project, it is wise to discuss your plans in full with the neighbours.

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The family court is extremely child focussed. Its overriding objective is to do what is in a child's best interests.

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It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared.

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If every person charged with a crime was allowed to claim money from the authorities when their case was dropped, our police would end up spending all their time defending claims for compensation.

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Discounting the ineffably repetitive homophobic barbs that I receive most days, Twitter trolls' most common gripe against me appears to be that I am 'posh.' Contrary to their unshakeable view, I was not born into the upstairs world.

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