The right to a fair trial cannot exist without defence lawyers devoted to the business of defending.

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Mr Tappin, president of the Kent County Golf Union, is accused of conspiring to export defence articles without licence or approval and aiding and abetting the attempted export of defence articles without the required licence.

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But without a defence programme to help defer the cost, the programme constantly teetered on the brink of cancellation.

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