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Michael
Mansfield QC has represented defendants
in criminal trials, appeals and inquiries in some of
the most controversial legal cases the country has
seen, particularly where issues of Civil Liberty have
arisen.
Barry George, accused of killing TV presenter Jill Dando;
the family of Stephen Lawrence both in the private prosecution
for murder and the Public Inquiry and the families of
victims at the on-going Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry
and London. He also chaired an Inquiry into the "Shoot
to Kill" policy in the North of Ireland at Cullyhanna.
More recently he has successfully represented, Fatmir
Limaj, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo at the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague;
successfully represented clients in the notable "Ricin" Trial,
and "Shaken Baby" Appeals and Nabeel Hussain
in the so-called "Fertiliser plot" trial; is
acting for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, shot
by the Metropolitan Police in 2005 and Mohammed Al Fayed
in his pursuit of the truth surrounding the death of
his son, Dodi, and Princess Diana in 1997.
Michael has represented many families at Inquests, including
Tom Hurndall and James Miller, two British journalists
murdered by the Israeli army, the Marchioness Disaster,
the Deptford/New Cross Fire; the Lockerbie/Omagh/Dublin
Monaghan bombings, and Michael Barrymore.
Michael Mansfield has presented a numbers of television
documentaries and series, including Presumed Guilty for
BBC1. He is a regular contributor to television and radio
current affairs programmes and was a panel member of
The Moral Maze for many years. He has also published
numerous articles for all the major broadsheets and law
journals, a children's book The Whale Boy and most recently
The Home Lawyer - a legal handbook.
Over the last few
years he has also given a number of successful talks
at theatre venues around the country in a series entitled “An
Audience with...”
In 2011 he participated in a number of TV and film documentaries – on
Bloody Sunday, Legal Aid, Lockerbie, Human Rights Act
and Forensic Science.
Michael Mansfield QC is a highly sought-after, charismatic
and captivating public speaker. Whether it's a keynote
business presentation or after dinner engagement, Michael
can deliver speeches on a wide range of current affairs
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