- Sikiru Ayinde Barrister
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, a Fuji performer, is a native of Ibadan, a city in sourthern Nigeria. Appropriately and fondly referred to as "Mr. Fuji" by his worldwide fans, he started his music career as the lead singer of a popular were music or ajisari group, Jibowu Barrister, in Lagos, under the leadership of one Alhaji Jibowu. - Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954 in Bury, Lancashire, England), known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is an English barrister. She is married to Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister. - Jack Straw
John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a senior British Labour Party politician. On 28 June 2007 he was appointed to the offices of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Secretary of State for Justice. Previously he was Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 5 May 2006 and Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007. He has been the Member of Parliament for Blackburn since 1979. - John Henry
John Henry (November 1750-December 16, 1798) was a Governor of Maryland and member of the United States Senate. He was born near Vienna in Dorchester County, Maryland. He was a member of the Episcopal Church and the United States Democratic-Republican Party. He attended West Nottingham Academy in Cecil County, … - John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. Educated at Harrow School and Brasenose College, Oxford, his oeuvre includes over fifty books, plays, and scripts. The play, "A Voyage Round My Father" (1971) is autobiographical, recounting his experiences as a young barrister and his relationship with his blind father. - John Wood
John Wood (Born July 14, 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a Gold Logie Award winning Australian actor, best known for his role as Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon in the Seven Network's long running police drama "Blue Heelers". John Wood began his acting career in 1967, where he has a guest role in "Bellbird", an Australian television series. He then appearred in several Australian drama series' and mini-series' in minor roles. - Michael Mansfield
Michael Mansfield QC (born 12 October 1941) is an English barrister, regarded as one of the top six criminal defence advocates in the UK. He has made his name defending unpopular clients, often in highly politicized cases of proven or suspected miscarriage of justice, including the Guildford Four, the Birmingham Six, and Barry George, the accused in the Jill Dando murder. (pdf) He is also representing Mohamed Al-Fayed at the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana, … - David Pannick
David Pannick QC (born 7 March 1956) is a leading barrister in the United Kingdom. He practices mainly in the areas of public law and human rights. He has argued more than 75 cases in the House of Lords, more than 25 cases in the European Court of Justice, and more than 30 cases in the European Court of Human Rights. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. He was also a key figure in International politics in the post-war period, and was one of the founding figures of the non-alignment. Popularly referred to as Panditji ("Scholar"), Nehru was also a writer, scholar and amateur historian, … - Julian Burnside
Julian William Kennedy Burnside QC (born June 9, 1949) is an Australian barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author. He is known for his staunch opposition to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, and has provided legal counsel in a wide array of high-profile cases. Burnside was born to Kennedy Byron Burnside and Olwen Lloyd Burnside. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University in 1972, and a Bachelor of Laws in 1973. - John White
John White ("c." 1761 - January 4 1800) was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada. He was the first attorney general for Upper Canada. He was born at Hick's Hall, Middlesex, England. He studied at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar in 1785. He was recommended to William Osgoode by his friend Samuel Shepherd as a possible attorney general for Upper Canada and was appointed in 1791. - Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson was the first female President of Ireland, serving from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish senate (1969–1989). She defeated "Fianna Fáil's" Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election becoming, as an Independent candidate nominated by the Labour Party, … - Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll (March 22, 1723 - March 23, 1783) was an American lawyer and statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. - Shami Chakrabarti
Shami Chakrabarti CBE (born in London, June 16 1969) has been the director of Liberty, a British pressure group, since September 2003. After graduating from the London School of Economics, Chakrabarti worked as a barrister at the Home Office, before joining Liberty on 10 September, 2001. She spent the following two years campaigning against the anti-terrorist measures which followed the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States , such as Anti-terrorism, … - John Baker
Sir John (Hamilton) Baker, LLB PhD London MA LLD Cambridge LLD honoris causa Chicago Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn Honorary Bencher Inner Temple QC FBA FBS FRHistS, Downing Professor of the Laws of England from 1998, English legal historian. Baker was born 10 April 1944 in Sheffield, the son of Kenneth Lee Vincent Baker, and Marjorie Baker (nee Bagshaw). He was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, and University College London. - John Moore
John Moore was an Irish statesman and rebel leader. From Ashbrook, near Straide, Co. Mayo, he was the son of prosperous merchant George Moore and was educated at the Catholic school of Douai, and at the University of Paris under the assumed name of "Bellew". On his return to Ireland he studied for the bar but seemed uninterested. At the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 a force of 1,000 French soldiers under General Humbert landed at Killala. - Thomas Smith
Sir Thomas (Broun) Smith, QC, FBA, FRSE (3 December 1915 - 15 October 1988) was a lawyer, soldier and academic. Smith was the son of John Smith, DL, JP, and Agnes Smith. He married in 1940, Ann Dorothea Tindall. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford, (MA 1937, Boulter exhibitioner, Eldon Scholar). He was called to the English Bar in 1938 and admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland in 1947. - Peter Faris
Peter Faris, QC, is a criminal barrister, radio broadcaster and media commentator in Melbourne, Australia. He commenced practice as a solicitor in 1963 under the tutelage of the famous Australian defence lawyer Frank Galbally. He rapidly became a very successful advocate with a fearsome reputation for tough talk and tough lawyering. Faris signed the roll of counsel of the Victorian Bar in 1970 and practised as defence and prosecuting counsel in serious criminal cases. - Dominic Grieve
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve (born May 24, 1956) British politician and barrister. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield and is the shadow Attorney General and one of the shadow Home Affairs spokesmen. He also has responsibility for community cohesion on behalf of the Conservative Party. Grieve was born in London, the son of Percy Grieve QC, the (MP for Solihull 1964-1983). He was educated at the French Lycee, Colet Court, … - Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell, known as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was Ireland's predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century who championed the cause of the Catholic tenants and small-landholders. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation - the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years - and Repeal of the Union between Ireland and Great Britain. - John Rogers
John Rogers was the Attorney-General of Ireland 1984 - 1987. The Labour Party demanded the right to choose the Attorney General in the coalition government of 1984. At the time Mary Robinson was expected to be chosen, instead the nomination went to John Rogers, who had not yet been appointed a Senior Counsel. Traditionally a new Attorney General would have practised as a Senior Counsel for a number of years prior to his or her appointment. - John Lee
John Lee LL.D (28 April 1783-25 February 1866), born John Fiott, was an English philanthropist, astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian and barrister. He was the eldest son of John Fiott and Harriet Lee. His father was involved in the family counting house business and was a failed East India merchant. He was orphaned when young and was brought up by his maternal uncle, William Lee Antonie. Lee read Mathematics at St John's College, Cambridge between 1802 and 1806, … - Vera Baird
Vera Baird QC MP (born February 13, 1951) British politician, author and barrister, Member of Parliament for Redcar, and a Queen's Counsel. She is a member of the Labour Party and is Solicitor General for England and Wales. She was born in 1951 in Oldham, Lancashire, and was educated at the Chadderton Grammar School; Newcastle Polytechnic; the Open University; the University of London; and the University of Teesside. - William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 - 14 February 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise on the common law called "Commentaries on the Laws of England", first published in four volumes over 1765-1769. It had an extraordinary success, reportedly bringing the author £14,000, and still remains an important source on classical views of the common law and its principles. - Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese , President of Ireland - Ken MacDonald
Sir Ken Macdonald QC is Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales. In that office he is "ex officio" head of the Crown Prosecution Service. He was previously a defence barrister. He studied at St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1974. He was called to the bar in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1997. In 2001 he became a recorder (a part time judge) in the Crown Court. He was awarded a knighthood from the Queen in the 2007 New Year's Honours list. - Scott Baker
Sir Scott Baker, QC, (born 10 December 1937) is a Lord Justice of English. Baker is the eldest son of Sir George Baker and Lady J.R. Baker. His father was a High Court judge, and President of the Family Division from 1971 to 1979. Baker was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, and studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. He was a member of Chorleywood Urban District Council from 1964 to 1967. He married (Margaret) Joy Baker on 10 February 1973. - Kevin Andrews
Kevin James Andrews (born 9 November 1955), is an Australian politician and is currently the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. He was previously Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in the Howard Government from 7 October 2003 to 23 January 2007. Andrews has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since a 1991 by-election, representing the Division of Menzies in Victoria. - John Burton
John Burton, of Trimdon Village, County Durham, is a Labour Party councillor notable for being one of the first to spot the potential of the future U.K. Prime Minister, Tony Blair. In 1983 the Sedgefield Labour Party found themslves needing to appoint a candidate for the forthcoming election at short notice. Blair, then a London based barrister, identified Burton, … - Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson (born 10 December 1952) is a British former practising barrister (specialising in criminal law) turned comedy writer and television presenter. - John Bell
John Bell (1764-February 6, 1836) was an English barrister and equity lawyer. Born in Kendal, Westmoreland, Bell was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating senior wrangler in 1786 and becoming a fellow. He entered Gray's Inn in 1789, a pupil of Samuel Romilly, and was called to the bar in 1792. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1797, became a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1813 and became King's Counsel in 1816. - Martin Lee
Martin Lee QC SC JP (李柱銘) (born June 8, 1938 in Hong Kong with family root in Huizhou, Guangdong) is the founding chairman (1994-2002) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), elected by direct election from the Geographical Constituency of Hong Kong Island. - Brian Lenihan
Brian Lenihan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. In a long political career he served as Government Minister in different portfolios. Lenihan was also Senator in Seanad Éireann. he was Tánaiste in 1987 and was a defeated candidate for the office of President of Ireland in 1990. He was a member of a family political dynasty; his father, Patrick Lenihan, and sister both followed him into Dáil Éireann, his sister Mary O'Rourke sitting in cabinet with him. - Jonathan Sumption
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, OBE, QC (born 9 December 1948) is an eminent UK barrister. He is the head of Brick Court chambers, the UK's largest set by revenue. He is famous for his appearance in the Hutton Inquiry on the UK government's behalf, for his part in the Three Rivers case and his representation of former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers and the UK Department for Transport in the Railtrack private shareholders' action against the British Government in 2005. - John Parker
John Parker (21 October 1799 - 5 September 1881) was an English politician and barrister. He was born in Tickhill, South Yorkshire and educated at Repton and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was instrumental in the enfranchisement of Sheffield, petitioning Parliament in 1817 and 1822, and creating a pamphlet stating the case for Sheffield in 1830. - James Russell
Mr. Justice James Russell was a British justice in Hong Kong during the late 19th Century. In the absence of Sir George Phillippo, Russell was acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong. - John Gordon
John Gordon, Mr Justice Gordon (November 23, 1849 - September 26, 1922) was an Irish lawyer and politician, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland and a Judge of the High Court. John Gordon was born on 23 November 1849, the son of Samuel Gordon of Shankhill, County Down. He was educated at Queen's College Galway, a constituent college of the Queen's University of Ireland, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1873, and LL.B. in 1876. - James Cameron
Mark James Cameron (17 June 1911 - 26 January, 1985) was a prominent British journalist, in whose memory the annual James Cameron Memorial Lecture is given. Cameron was born in Battersea, London of Scottish parentage; his father, William Ernest Cameron, was a barrister who also wrote novels under the pseudonym "Mark Allerton". Cameron began his career as an office dogsbody with the "Weekly News" in 1935. - Roger Evans
(Jeremy) Roger Evans (b. 1964) is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for Havering and Redbridge. He is a former councillor and leader of the Conservative group in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Evans was born in Lancashire and moved to London in 1987. He worked for Royal Mail for 10 years before training as a Barrister. He was called to the bar in 1997 and is a member of Middle Temple. - Leo Cussen
Sir Leo Finn Bernard Cussen (29 November 1859 - 17 May 1933), Australian jurist, was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Cussen was born in Portland on the western coast of Victoria in 1859. He was educated at Hamilton College in Hamilton. He studied civil engineering at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Certificate of Civil Engineering in 1879. He was a talented sportsman, and represented the University in both cricket and Australian rules football.
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