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Bloomsbury has withdrawn an upcoming legal textbook from its website after questions were raised about one of the author’s qualifications.
Bloomsbury Professional listed The Law and Practice of Private Prosecutions for release in August, but this week the book was replaced by an error page on the publisher’s website.
The textbook was to be co-written by Fabian Krougman, a Dutch lawyer whose biography stated that he was a CILEx Advocate with higher rights of audience whose practice specialised in private prosecutions.
Last week Krougman confirmed to ROF that he wasn’t currently a CILEx advocate, and that he had stated that he had higher rights of audience in anticipation of passing exams which he unexpectedly failed.
Krougman also acknowledged that he didn’t carry out private prosecutions, but said, “I think it isn’t relevant. I can write about [it] because I know the law and the precedents”.
Before Bloomsbury deleted the book, it replaced its profile of Krougman with a much briefer version, but now that has also gone.
Further questions have been raised about Krougman’s habit of donning a barrister’s wig and gown, with critics accusing him of “cosplaying” as a barrister when he was not one.
Archived webpages from 2017 show that his old Netherlands company, ‘Krougman Chambers’, was accompanied with the tagline ‘Barrister + Juristen’, while emails show Krougman also described himself as a barrister.
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