Spur to advise

Lawyers often have to give advice on the hoof, but we'd wager few do it quite as literally as London solicitor-advocate Tim Lawson-Cruttenden.

In the past, the most famous mobile legal advice provider has been Cumbria Community Law Centre's so-called 'justice jeep' (also known as the 'legal diesel'), but now we have Sefton, a Household Cavalry horse named after the survivor of the 1982 IRA bomb in Hyde Park.

Mr Lawson-Cruttenden - who served with the regiment before turning to law - is the legal adviser to several Household Cavalry trusts and, in lieu of fees, indulges in his love of gee-gees by helping to exercise the regiment's horses, usually Sefton, during the week.

The deal is that if a soldier has a legal problem, providing he tacks up a horse, he can ride alongside Mr Lawson-Cruttenden and receive pro bono advice.

No saddle, no win, perhaps?