Lord Pannick to represent City / Pannick's OJ-style Summation

[City Raider]

This has to be a positive sign regarding the strength of our case. People like this don’t need the money and don’t like losing high profile cases.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Is Mendys lawyer free?

 

[jrb]

He has acted in a large number of the leading public law cases of the last 25 years : (Including representing the Queen. Have that you Scouse…..)

• In Spycatcher, he acted for The Sunday Times.
• He represented Tiny Rowland and Lonrho plc in the battle with Mohammed Al-Fayed concerning the take-over of Harrods.
• In ex parte Bentley, he persuaded the Divisional Court on behalf of Iris Bentley that the Home Secretary should give a posthumous pardon to her brother, Derek Bentley, for his execution in 1953.
• He acted in the European Court of Human Rights for the gay servicemen who established that it was a breach of their human rights to exclude gays from the military: Lustig-Prean v United Kingdom.
• He represented the Home Secretary in successfully establishing in the House of Lords the legality of the whole life tariff for Myra Hindley, the Moors Murderer.
• He acted for the Home Secretary in the domestic courts and in the European Court of Human Rights in proceedings brought by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the boys who murdered the infant James Bulger, challenging their sentences of detention during Her Majesty's pleasure.
• He represented the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in the case brought by Diane Blood who wished to be impregnated with the sperm of her dead husband, and in the House of Lords case which established the right of parents to obtain fertility treatment to have a child so cells from the umbilical cord could assist their severely ill son ("the designer baby case").
• He successfully represented the BBC in the Divisional Court in resisting the contention that the Director-General had committed the criminal offence of blasphemy by broadcasting "Jerry Springer - The Opera". (Following the judgment, Parliament decided to abolish the criminal offence of blasphemy).
• He acted for Camelot in its successful judicial review challenge to the National Lottery Commission in 2000.

His clients have included:

• The Queen - winning an injunction in the High Court to restrain The Daily Mirror from publishing further allegations about her home life by a reporter who had gained employment as a footman.
• Greg Rusedski - at a tennis tribunal in Montreal, defeating allegations that he was guilty of a doping offence.
• Ann Marie Rogers - who established in the Court of Appeal her right to be provided with the breast cancer drug, Herceptin.
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - in establishing in the House of Lords that state immunity applies to claims alleging torture.
• The League Against Cruel Sports - in successfully resisting the challenge to the Hunting Act 2004.
• Sheptonhurst Ltd - who defeated the British Board of Film Classification in establishing the right to buy, in licensed sex shops, videos of "Nympho Nurse Nancy" and "Horny Catbabe", ;-) and so substantially liberalising the laws on censorship of explicit sexual material.
• His Highness, Sheikh Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE, in legal proceedings against his former wife in the Family Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

He has also appeared in court for a wide range of other clients, from the Revd Moon to the Chief Rabbi, from Red Hot Television to the Lord Chancellor, from Diana Princess of Wales to Lord Rees-Mogg.
In Strasbourg, he has appeared in cases (for and against the United Kingdom Government) raising issues on the rights of transsexuals, sadomasochists, gypsies and many others. He acted for Greece in resisting the claim brought by former King Constantine for the return of property, and he represented Cyprus in relation to human rights abuses by Turkey in Northern Cyprus.
He has appeared in a large number of cases in the courts of Hong Kong, and in the courts of Brunei, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar. In Hong Kong, he has appeared in about 30 cases in the Court of Final Appeal (as well as frequent appearances in the lower courts), many of them on major constitutional and public law issues, both for the Government and for Claimants.
In November 2008, he became a Life Peer, sitting on the crossbenches, while continuing in full-time practice at the Bar.
From 1992-2019, he wrote a fortnightly column on the law for The Times.
His recent cases include the following:

• R (Miller) v Prime Minister [2020] AC 373[2019] 3 WLR 589 (Supreme Court)
• R (KBR) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] 2 WLR 335 (Supreme Court)
• R (Begum) v Secretary of State [2021] AC 7652 WLR 556 (Supreme Court)
• WM Morrisons Supermarkets v Various Claimants [2020] AC 989] 2 WLR 941 (Supreme Court)
• Lehtimaki v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33 (Supreme Court)
• Manchester City FC v FA Premier League [2021] 1 WLR 5513
• SKAT (Danish Tax Authority) v Solo Capital Partners [2022] 3 WLR 397 (Court of Appeal)
• Attorney-General of Bermuda v Ferguson [2022] UKPC 5 (Privy Council)
• His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya woman Al Hussein [2021] EWCA Civ 1216 (Court of Appeal).
• AAA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Rwanda case)

Below are a selection of less recent public law cases in which Lord Pannick KC has appeared.

“He is a star of public law. He is very good at taking on high-profile public law cases and is very focused on winning points.”
Chambers and Partners, 2023

“He makes advocacy an art; presenting in a simple way but delivering with such gravitas.”
Chambers and Partners, 2023

“It’s been a real privilege to work with a legal mind like his. He doesn’t just have one of the best legal minds in the industry, but he's also got superb client skills.”
Chambers and Partners, 2023

“He is completely on top of everything, his knowledge is second to none and his client skills are brilliant.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022

“There has been no greater advocate in public law over the last 40 years.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022

“One of the very best advocates in the country. Clarifies and makes accessible the most complex matters and holds the court's attention like no other.”
Legal 500, 2022

“He is the most brilliant advocate at the Bar.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021

“If you've got a hugely important issue that requires a court to really listen, then there is nobody more powerful as an advocate”
Chambers and Partners, 2021

“Mesmerising to listen to in court.”
Chambers and Partners, 2021

Lord Pannick KC

Lord Pannick KC is one of the UK’s most highly regarded advocates, practising in a broad range of areas with a particular emphasis on Public law & Human Rights.

www.blackstonechambers.com

 

[Tricky_Trev]

He has acted in a large number of the leading public law cases of the last 25 years : (Including representing the Queen. Have that you Scouse…..)

• In Spycatcher, he acted for The Sunday Times.
• He represented Tiny Rowland and Lonrho plc in the battle with Mohammed Al-Fayed concerning the take-over of Harrods.
• In ex parte Bentley, he persuaded the Divisional Court on behalf of Iris Bentley that the Home Secretary should give a posthumous pardon to her brother, Derek Bentley, for his execution in 1953.
• He acted in the European Court of Human Rights for the gay servicemen who established that it was a breach of their human rights to exclude gays from the military: Lustig-Prean v United Kingdom.
• He represented the Home Secretary in successfully establishing in the House of Lords the legality of the whole life tariff for Myra Hindley, the Moors Murderer.
• He acted for the Home Secretary in the domestic courts and in the European Court of Human Rights in proceedings brought by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the boys who murdered the infant James Bulger, challenging their sentences of detention during Her Majesty's pleasure.
• He represented the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in the case brought by Diane Blood who wished to be impregnated with the sperm of her dead husband, and in the House of Lords case which established the right of parents to obtain fertility treatment to have a child so cells from the umbilical cord could assist their severely ill son ("the designer baby case").
• He successfully represented the BBC in the Divisional Court in resisting the contention that the Director-General had committed the criminal offence of blasphemy by broadcasting "Jerry Springer - The Opera". (Following the judgment, Parliament decided to abolish the criminal offence of blasphemy).
• He acted for Camelot in its successful judicial review challenge to the National Lottery Commission in 2000.

His clients have included:

• The Queen - winning an injunction in the High Court to restrain The Daily Mirror from publishing further allegations about her home life by a reporter who had gained employment as a footman.
• Greg Rusedski - at a tennis tribunal in Montreal, defeating allegations that he was guilty of a doping offence.
• Ann Marie Rogers - who established in the Court of Appeal her right to be provided with the breast cancer drug, Herceptin.
• The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - in establishing in the House of Lords that state immunity applies to claims alleging torture.
• The League Against Cruel Sports - in successfully resisting the challenge to the Hunting Act 2004.
• Sheptonhurst Ltd - who defeated the British Board of Film Classification in establishing the right to buy, in licensed sex shops, videos of "Nympho Nurse Nancy" and "Horny Catbabe", ;-) and so substantially liberalising the laws on censorship of explicit sexual material.
• His Highness, Sheikh Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE, in legal proceedings against his former wife in the Family Division of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

He has also appeared in court for a wide range of other clients, from the Revd Moon to the Chief Rabbi, from Red Hot Television to the Lord Chancellor, from Diana Princess of Wales to Lord Rees-Mogg.
In Strasbourg, he has appeared in cases (for and against the United Kingdom Government) raising issues on the rights of transsexuals, sadomasochists, gypsies and many others. He acted for Greece in resisting the claim brought by former King Constantine for the return of property, and he represented Cyprus in relation to human rights abuses by Turkey in Northern Cyprus.
He has appeared in a large number of cases in the courts of Hong Kong, and in the courts of Brunei, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar. In Hong Kong, he has appeared in about 30 cases in the Court of Final Appeal (as well as frequent appearances in the lower courts), many of them on major constitutional and public law issues, both for the Government and for Claimants.
In November 2008, he became a Life Peer, sitting on the crossbenches, while continuing in full-time practice at the Bar.
From 1992-2019, he wrote a fortnightly column on the law for The Times.
His recent cases include the following:

• R (Miller) v Prime Minister [2020] AC 373[2019] 3 WLR 589 (Supreme Court)
• R (KBR) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] 2 WLR 335 (Supreme Court)
• R (Begum) v Secretary of State [2021] AC 7652 WLR 556 (Supreme Court)
• WM Morrisons Supermarkets v Various Claimants [2020] AC 989] 2 WLR 941 (Supreme Court)
• Lehtimaki v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33 (Supreme Court)
• Manchester City FC v FA Premier League [2021] 1 WLR 5513
• SKAT (Danish Tax Authority) v Solo Capital Partners [2022] 3 WLR 397 (Court of Appeal)
• Attorney-General of Bermuda v Ferguson [2022] UKPC 5 (Privy Council)
• His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya woman Al Hussein [2021] EWCA Civ 1216 (Court of Appeal).
• AAA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Rwanda case)

Below are a selection of less recent public law cases in which Lord Pannick KC has appeared.

Lord Pannick KC

Lord Pannick KC is one of the UK’s most highly regarded advocates, practising in a broad range of areas with a particular emphasis on Public law & Human Rights.

www.blackstonechambers.com

Pannick and Harris both signing in the same window. It’s like Yaya and Silva

 

[Etihad]

He acted for Gina Miller in the Supreme Court in September 2019 when the Court held, by 11-0, that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had unlawfully prorogued Parliament and so Parliament was recalled the next day.

Looks like he can get jobs done

He's got experience of defeating corrupt blaggers, then.

 

[Tevez City]

City have finally signed the Goat

 

[JamesMCFC]

 

[jrb]

“Pannick at the Daily United, you red shirt loving c*nts”

Hang the red shirts, hang the red shirts, hang the red shirts!!”

 

[MadchesterCity]

John Wedgwood - Head of Legal - Commercial & Compliance - The Premier League.

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Oops surprise he worked for the rags

 

[avoidconfusion]

That's great but where is our Mon?