Brief CV of Mr. David Pannick, QC

Mr David Pannick is a leading British Queen's Counsel specialising in public law and civil liberties and human rights. He has argued over 50 cases in the House of Lords, and over 20 cases in the European Court of Human Rights. Amongst the important cases he has dealt with in Britain was the "Spycatcher" case, in which he acted for a newspaper when the UK government applied for an injunction to restrain publication of extracts from a former MI5 agent's memoir.

Mr Pannick is the author of a number of books, and is the co-author with Lord Lester of Herne QC of the leading work "Human Rights Law and Practice". He also writes a fortnightly legal column in The Times.

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