User:Rotherlegal

My real name is David Edwards. From 1979 to 2011 I was a Solicitor with Rother District Council. My specialities were Planning and also Administratve, Environmental, Litigation, FOI etc. I adopted the persona whilst I was Rother's Legal Services Manager but only used it in a personal capacity. It's nice to have a name that isn't like 1234! As RDC has abolished its independent Legal team this entry has no relevance to it or my former colleagues, but for the avoidance of doubt this is purely personal to me. When I retired RDC entered a shared legal service with Wealden to enable economies and greater resilience. Please refer to the official RDC site http://www.rother.gov.uk/article/100/Home. Rother is the name of a river entering the sea near Rye which is important in the context of East Sussex, and several businesses in the area use it in their names. My Solicitor's Practising Certificate has lapsed so I don't do any legal work, but I still take some interest in Planning Law developments (no pun intended).