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Michael Mansfield

October 2023

  • Michael Mansfield at his home in Warwickshire.

    Michael Mansfield KC: ‘The two-party system is a straitjacket’

    The barrister famous for his work on landmark cases such as Grenfell, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six has written a book about fighting injustice

December 2021

  • A nurse in a Covid ward at Forth Valley hospital in Larbert, Stirlingshire.

    Ministers should face misconduct charges over Covid crisis, say UK campaigners

    Unofficial inquiry by NHS campaign group claims governance failures contributed to thousands of deaths

April 2019

  • A barrister

    Barristers, solicitors and paralegals urged to join single trade union

    Top lawyers including Michael Mansfield say move would help all ranks of the profession

September 2018

  • COPYRIGHT SARAH LEE - Radical QC Michael Mansfield, outside the royal Courts of justice. [btw - in his hand is one of his files on Mark Duggan who's fmaily he is representing in the inquest into Duggan's shooting by police in Haringay.]

    This much I know
    Michael Mansfield QC: ‘The university admissions tutor asked me, “What would you do with £1m?”’

    The barrister, 76, on failing his Cambridge interview, dressing up as a banana – and learning from Grenfell

June 2018

  • Lush's Twitter account uses the slogan 'Paid to lie' alongside a model pictured as an undercover police officer

    As victims of spycops, we stand with Lush in campaign for full disclosure

    Letter: Doreen Lawrence and John McDonnell are among 74 victims of secret undercover police operations, lawyers and others condemning misrepresentation of the cosmetics retailer

July 2017

  • Tony Blair caused huge controversy when prime minister in deciding to take Britain into the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

    Iraq war: judge to review Tony Blair prosecution ban

    Private criminal prosecution against former PM was blocked last year by courts giving Blair immunity against criminal charges

April 2017

  • Tony Blair speaking after the publication of the Chilcot report into the Iraq war.

    UK attorney general in bid to block case against Tony Blair over Iraq war

    Jeremy Wright QC argues crime of aggression does not exist in English law, even though his predecessor reportedly claimed otherwise

September 2016

  • Michael Mansfield QC said the inquiry needed a lawyer at the top.

    Michael Mansfield willing to replace Emmerson in abuse inquiry

    But top barrister questions credentials of child abuse inquiry’s current chair and says ‘appalling appointments’ have been made

March 2016

  • Satellite receiver dishes at a GCHQ facility near Bude, Cornwall.

    Investigatory powers bill not fit for purpose, say 200 senior lawyers

    Letter to Guardian signed by QCs and leading legal figures says ‘snooper’s charter’ compromises ‘fundamental right to privacy and may be illegal’

January 2016

  • xi london

    European, US and Australian lawyers call for China to end rights crackdown

    An open letter in the Guardian urges Chinese president Xi Jinping to show he leads a ‘respected global superpower’ by freeing hundreds of attorneys• Read the full letter here

December 2015

  • Tim Lott

    Why the stigma of suicide hurts so much

    Tim Lott
  • Michael Mansfield and daughter Anna

    Michael Mansfield calls for more support over suicides after daughter's death

January 2015

  • Theresa May

    Child abuse survivors push Theresa May to save independent inquiry

    More than 300 abuse survivors gather in parliament to tell home secretary that inquiry is a ‘complete mess’ and urge a rethink

June 2014

  • A Palestinian woman holds a picture of a man jailed in an Israeli prison

    Desmond Tutu tells G4S to stop supplying to Israel prisons

    Retired archbishop and directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, philosopher Noam Chomsky and barrister Michael Mansfield QC, write open letter to management

May 2014

  • Abbas Khan's family

    Abbas Khan death: experts on chemical torture to conduct tests on body

    Doctor's family, who believe he was murdered in Syria, attend hearing where details of investigation into his death are given

November 2013

  • Greenslade
    100 leading figures urge newspaper publishers to accept royal charter

  • Michael Mansfield

    Saturday interview
    Michael Mansfield QC interview: 'What's wrong with rights?'

October 2013

  • Nicola Jennings's caricatures
    Michael Mansfield

    Nicola Jennings

    Barrister

October 2012

  • Truth on migrants

    Letters: A permanent body would help to show that this country has the moral courage and integrity to confront the darker episodes of its policy failures

September 2012

  • Michael Mansfield QC

    Hillsborough families' lawyer calls for permanent 'commission of truth'

    Michael Mansfield speaks out as victims' families return to Anfield to plan their next steps in search for justice

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