Geoffrey Robertson

Geoffrey Robertson QC has had a distinguished career as a trial and appellate counsel and as an international judge, and has argued many landmark cases in media, constitutional and criminal law. He made his name as the defender of Oz magazine at the celebrated 1971 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 and others. He is also the author of many leading textbooks and a memoir, The Justice Game (1998).