Book description
Geoff Robertson was born in Australia, bu came to London in 1970. He
made his name as the fearless defender of Oz magazine at the celebrated
trial and went on to engage in some of the most newsworthy cases in
recent history. He has defended John Stonehouse, Cynthia Payne, Salman
Rushdie, Kate Adie, Arthur Scargill, Daniel Sullivan, Gay News, 'The
Romans of Britain', 'Niggaz with Attitude', and a pair of foetal
earrings. The book includes accounts of recent cases including the
defence of a West London gym owner against the Prince of Wales, the
Matrix Churchill affair, and the defence of the Guardian in the
cash-for-questions affair. Hugely readable, funny, scandalous,
revelator, this will become one of the great books about the law.
Geoffrey Robertson QC is Head of Doughty Street Chambers and the
author of textbooks on constitutional and media law. He has appeared
as counsel in many landmark cases in Britain and the Commonwealth and
in the European Court of Human Rights, and has conducted missions for
the Bar and for Amnesty International. He has received a number of
awards for his writing and broadcasting, and is currently a Visiting
Professor at Birkbeck College. He helped to found Charter 88 and is an
exectuive member of JUSTICE and the Institute of Contmeporary Arts.
He is married to the author Kathy Lette; they live in London with
their two children.
