David Pannick, Baron Pannick

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David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick QC (born March 7, 1956 ) is a British barrister and life peer .

life and career

Pannick was born in March 1956 to Maurice Pannick. He attended Bancroft's School and Hertford College of Oxford University . There he graduated with a Master of Arts .

He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1978 . He's since 1978 Fellow of All Soul's College of Oxford University and since 2004 Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. 1988 to 1992 he was a junior Crown Counsel to the common law and he's Attorney ( Queen's Counsel , QC). He has worked as a lawyer in many different areas, including human rights cases, public law ( Public Law ), Labor Court cases, media law, sports, including processes before the European Court of Human Rights, where he, among others, Max Mosley and Mikhail Khodorkovsky represented. In September 2019, he represented Gina Miller's successful lawsuit against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's five-week leave of absence from the British Parliament .

Membership in the House of Lords

It was on November 3, 2008 Life peer as Baron Pannick of Radlett in the County of Hertfordshire appointed. He is a crossbencher in the House of Lords . Its official launch took place on November 3, 2008 with the assistance of Harry Woolf and Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill . On November 18, 2008, he gave his inaugural address there. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Constitution Committee .

His presence on meeting days is in the medium to regular range.

family

Pannick married Denise Sloam in 1978, who died in 1999. In 2003 he married Nathalie Trager-Lewis.

Publications

He is Associate Editor of Public Law magazine.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick on thepeerage.com , accessed September 15, 2016.
  2. Introduction: Lord Pannick Excerpt from the minutes of the House of Lords meeting of November 3, 2008
  3. House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed March 1, 2014

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