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Lord Razzall is a Member of the House of Lords in the British Parliament. He qualified as a solicitor in 1969 and worked for Frere Cholmeley (later Frere Cholmeley Bischoff), becoming a partner in 1973. He became the Chief Executive of Frere Cholmeley Bischoff in 1990 and oversaw the expansion strategy of the firm. In 1992 he chosen as “European Lawyer of the Year”. In 1993 his law firm represented Libya in the International Court of Justice in Paris in the territorial dispute with Chad – winning the case for Libya.
In 1986 Tim Razzall became joint Treasurer of the Liberal Party and then the Treasurer of the newly merged Liberal Democrats in 1988. He became Vice-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Councillors and then President 1990-95. In the 2001 and 2005 General Election, Tim was the Chair of the Campaigns & Communications Committee. He was the Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills between 2010 and 2015.
Lord Razzall was awarded the CBE in 1993 and made a Life Peer in 1997. In 2017 he was appointed as Liberal Democrat Manufacturing Spokesperson.