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David Allen Green
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David Allen Green in 2010
Born
David Allen Green

(1971-03-28) 28 March 1971 (age 53)
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
Other namesJack of Kent
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • Journalist
Awards Orwell Prize (2009)
Website davidallengreen.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

David Allen Green (born 28 March 1971; [1] [2] 'Allen' is his second forename) is an English lawyer [3] and writer. He is the former legal correspondent for the New Statesman ; [4] writes about law and policy for the Financial Times ; [5] and has previously blogged using the pseudonym Jack of Kent. [6] [7]

Contents

Green's articles on legal matters have been published by The Guardian , The Lawyer , New Scientist , Financial Times [8] [5] Prospect . [9] and others.

Green was shortlisted for the Orwell prize for blogging in 2010 and was a judge of the same in 2011. He was also named in 2010 as one of the leading innovators in journalism and media, [10] and in 2011 as one of the 'Hot 100' lawyers by The Lawyer . [11]

Education and early life

Green was born at Selly Oak Hospital [12] and brought up in Birmingham. After attending Four Dwellings comprehensive school and Halesowen College sixth-form,[ citation needed ] he studied modern history at the University of Oxford as an undergraduate student of Pembroke College, Oxford. He subsequently studied law at the University of Birmingham. [12]

Career

In 2012, Green was listed on the Independent on Sunday newspaper Pink List, a list of influential British LGBT people. [13] On Twitter, Green said that he was bisexual [14] in response to the listings. He has also said that he was "not Christened, and am still less a Christian". [15]

After being awarded the Sir Thomas More and Hardwicke Scholarships by Lincoln's Inn, [12] Green was called to the Bar in 1999 [12] and became a solicitor in 2001. [12] Formerly a lawyer at Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith, and the Treasury Solicitor, he is now (and since 2009) head of the media practice at Preiskel & Co. [3]

He was involved on a pro bono basis with Simon Singh's successful libel defence campaign against the British Chiropractic Association. [3]

In 2010, he advised Sally Bercow over possible libel action by think tank MigrationWatch UK and their chairman Sir Andrew Green which was later dropped. [16] [17]

He led the defence in the Twitter Joke Trial, [18] in which defendant Paul Chambers was acquitted on appeal on 27 July 2012.

Journalism

Green is a blogger on his own blog, and previously one under the name Jack of Kent (named after Jack o' Kent [19] ), is a columnist on law and policy for the Financial Times ; [18] and has contributed to the New Statesman , The Guardian , The Lawyer , and the New Scientist in the past. He has been a guest on the Remainiacs podcast several times in 2019, and has used his expertise to explain aspects of United Kingdom constitutional law as they relate to Brexit and the 2019 British prorogation controversy. [20]

In 2012, he gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, David Allen (5 February 2011). "I am 40 next month". Twitter. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Green, David Allen (5 February 2019). "The one reason I dislike Brexit is that my birthday is the day before (the current) Brexit day but I am now so used to typing and saying "29 March", I routinely get my DoB wrong and so thrown out of things by security". @davidallengreen. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "David Allen Green". preiskel.com. Preiskel & Co. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "New Statesman (articles by) David Allen Green". newstatesman.com. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  5. 1 2 Green, David Allen (2025). "The coming battle between social media and state: Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic - and a position of weakness rather than strength". ft.com.(subscription required)
  6. ↑ "Jack of Kent". Blogger . Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  7. ↑ Aldridge, Alex (21 October 2010). "New ideas in law: The geek shall inherit..." Legalweek. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Green, David Allen (2016). "David Allen Green at ft.com". blogs.ft.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "David Allen Green's columns". Prospect magazine.
  10. ↑ "Are you on the j-list? The leading innovators in journalism and media in 2010". Journalism.co.uk. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  11. ↑ "The Hot 100 2011". The Lawyer: 4, 6, 10. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "David Allen Green". Conville & Walsh Ltd. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  13. ↑ "The IoS Pink List 2012". Independent on Sunday. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  14. ↑ David Allen Green (4 November 2012). "Delighted to represent the usually neglected Bs in LGBT in the IoS #PinkList (no 58)". Twitter. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  15. ↑ Green, David Allen (17 March 2019). "comment, under Welcome to the new blog". davidallengreen.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Dowell, Katy (7 October 2010). "Migrationwatch drops Sally Bercow libel threat". The Lawyer. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  17. ↑ Allen Green, David. "Jack of Kent: Defending Sally Bercow". Blogger . Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  18. 1 2 "David Allen Green - Profile from Preiskel.com" . Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  19. ↑ "About David Allen Green – Jack of Kent". jackofkent.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
  20. ↑ "SUPREME CAUGHT? David Allen Green on the Scottish court case capers". Audioboom. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  21. ↑ Allen Green, David. "Witness Statement of David Allen Green" (PDF). Archived from the original on 22 January 2014.


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