Lawrence was born and raised in Liverpool and took a law degree at Manchester University In the mid 1970s. He qualified as a solicitor in 1982 and worked for 16 years in North London, eventually starting his own firm in the early 1990s. He was appointed a deputy District Judge in 1993 and left the solicitors’ profession when he was appointed a full-time District Judge in 1998. Since then, he has been a resident judge at Edmonton County Court and now has the honour of being the longest serving Judge at any level in England and Wales.
Lawrence and his wife are members of Muswell Hill Shul.
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