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Brian Leveson

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Sir Brian Henry Leveson (born 22 June 1949) is an English judge, currently the President of the Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice. [1]

48 relations: Barristers in England and Wales, Barry George, Bencher, Brian May, Call to the bar, Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales), Hampstead Garden Suburb, Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, Heather Hallett, Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon, James Hanratty, Jews, Jill Dando, John Goldring, John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, Knight Bachelor, Leveson Inquiry, Liverpool, Liverpool College, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Merton College, Oxford, Middle Temple, Mossley Hill, Murder of Anthony Walker, News International phone hacking scandal, News of the World, Newspaper, Nick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, Nigel Weatherill, Northern Circuit, Order of the British Empire, Orthodox Judaism, Oxford Law Society, Peregrine Simon, President of the Queen's Bench Division, Privy council, Public inquiry, Public school (United Kingdom), Queen's Counsel, Recorder (judge), Rosemary West, Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, The Independent, The National Archives (United Kingdom), The Right Honourable, Toby Studebaker, 10 Downing Street.

Barristers in England and Wales

Barristers in England and Wales are one of the two main categories of lawyer in England and Wales, the other being solicitors.

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Barry George

Barry Michael George (born 15 April 1960, also known as Barry Bulsara) is a British man who was wrongly convicted on 2 July 2001 of the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando.

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Bencher

A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales and Ireland.

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Brian May

Brian Harold May, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University

The Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University is the titular head of the university who is appointed on the approval of the board of governors.

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Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)

A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice and the Crown Court, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales.

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Hampstead Garden Suburb

Hampstead Garden Suburb is an elevated suburb, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green.

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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf

Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, (born 2 May 1933) is a British life peer, and retired barrister and judge.

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Heather Hallett

Dame Heather Carol Hallett (born 16 December 1949), styled The Rt Hon.

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Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon

Ian Duncan Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon PC (born 28 February 1958) is a British judge and the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

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James Hanratty

James Hanratty (4 October 1936 – 4 April 1962), also known as the A6 Murderer, was a British criminal who was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was effectively abolished.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Jill Dando

Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter, and newsreader who was 1997 BBC Personality of the Year.

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John Goldring

Sir John Bernard Goldring (born 9 November 1944, Leicester) is a British judge.

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John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd

Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, (born Carmarthen, 22 October 1947) is a British judge.

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Knight Bachelor

The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.

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Leveson Inquiry

The Leveson inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Liverpool College

Liverpool College is a mixed all-through school located in Mossley Hill, a suburb of Liverpool, England.

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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales.

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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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Mossley Hill

Mossley Hill is a district of Liverpool, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward.

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Murder of Anthony Walker

Anthony Walker (21 February 1987 – 30 July 2005) was a Black British student of Jamaican descent who was murdered with an ice axe by Michael Barton (brother of footballer Joey Barton) and Barton's cousin Paul Taylor, in an unprovoked, racially motivated attack on the night of 29–30 July 2005 in Huyton, Merseyside.

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News International phone hacking scandal

The News International phone-hacking scandal is a controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.

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Nick Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers

Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (called Nick; born 21 January 1938) is a British lawyer and former senior English judge.

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Nigel Weatherill

Nigel Peter Weatherill FIMA, C.Math, FRAeS, C.Eng, C.Sci, FREng, DL is the 3rd and current Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Liverpool John Moores University as of 2011.

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Northern Circuit

The Northern Circuit dates from 1176 when Henry II sent his judges on circuit to do justice in his name.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of Judaism, which seek to maximally maintain the received Jewish beliefs and observances and which coalesced in opposition to the various challenges of modernity and secularization.

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Oxford Law Society

The Oxford Law Society (informally referred to as "LawSoc") is the largest student society at the University of Oxford, providing a platform for students to develop their understanding of a career in the legal industry.

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Peregrine Simon

Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon (born 20 June 1950), styled The Rt.

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President of the Queen's Bench Division

The President of the Queen's Bench Division is the head of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

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Privy council

A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government.

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Public inquiry

A tribunal of inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body.

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Public school (United Kingdom)

A public school in England and Wales is a long-established, student-selective, fee-charging independent secondary school that caters primarily for children aged between 11 or 13 and 18, and whose head teacher is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Recorder (judge)

A Recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions.

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Rosemary West

Rosemary Pauline "Rose" West (née Letts; born 29 November 1953) is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, England, after being convicted, in 1995, of ten murders.

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Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales

The Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales is a member of the Court of Appeal appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to supervise the Presiding Judges for the various judicial circuits of England and Wales.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Toby Studebaker

Toby Studebaker is a former U.S. Marine who abducted a 12-year-old British girl in 2003 after grooming her via the Internet and was jailed for four and a half years.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, a post which, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, has been held by the Prime Minister.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Leveson

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