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The Lord Gifford | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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| as a hereditary peer 21 June 1961 –11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Gifford |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [lower-alpha 1] |
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| Born | Anthony Maurice Gifford 1 May 1940 |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | King's College,Cambridge |
| Occupation | Barrister,politician and peer |
Anthony Maurice Gifford,6th Baron Gifford,KC (born 1 May 1940),is a British hereditary peer and King's Counsel. He inherited the title of Baron Gifford on the death of his father,the 5th Baron,in April 1961. In 1970,Gifford was instrumental in establishing the first law centre in the UK. [1]
Anthony Gifford was educated at Winchester College and King's College,Cambridge,was called to the Bar in 1962 and took silk in 1983. [2]
He was a co-founder of the North Kensington Neighbourhood Law Centre,Britain's first law centre,giving free legal advice. [3] [4] He founded Wellington Street Chambers and was its head for 15 years. He joined 8 King's Bench Walk in 1989 and from 2001 was head of Chambers. In 2006,the chambers relocated to 1 Mitre Court Buildings,remaining there until 2014. [5]
He was Counsel for Paul Hill in the Guildford Four appeals and for Gerry Hunter in the Birmingham Six appeals. [2]
Gifford was chairman of the Broadwater Farm inquiry and the Liverpool Eight inquiry,both of which investigated patterns of alleged racism and discrimination. He represented the family of James Wray at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
Cases in which he has been engaged include appeals involving trade unions,libel,contract and tort as well as criminal law. In 1991,he set up a firm of attorneys in Kingston,Jamaica,dividing his practice between Jamaica and the UK. [6]
He was a prominent member of the anti-apartheid group Lawyers Against Apartheid. [7]
Gifford sat on the Labour benches while in the House of Lords. The passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 removed his automatic right to sit in parliament,and he was excluded on 11 November 1999. [8]
Gifford's autobiography,The Passionate Advocate,was published in 2007. [4] A review in the Jamaica Gleaner stated:"Lord Gifford,a lifelong human-rights lawyer and advocate for the freedom struggle,has done more than his fair share to better the lot of the world's oppressed. The book really is an important study in the power of law,contemporary history and politics,international relations,slavery,and the resultant modern-day racism it bred." [9]
Gifford has campaigned in favour of reparations for slavery. [10] [11] [12] He is a member of the Jamaican reparations commission and has said of the reparations issue:"I would like to see it approached on a Caribbean-wide basis." [13]
Gifford married first on 22 March 1965 Katherine Ann Mundy,daughter of Dr Max Mundy of 75 Bedford Gardens,London. They divorced in 1988 and had two children:
Gifford married secondly on 24 September 1988 Elean Roslyn Thomas,daughter of Right Reverend Bishop David Thomas of Kingston,Jamaica. They divorced and had one daughter:
Gifford married Tina Natalia Goulbourne,daughter of Clement Nathaniel Goulbourne,on 11 April 1998.
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