Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury
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The Right Honourable The Lord Phillips OBE |
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| Chancellor of the University of Essex | |
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In office 28 April 2003 – 21 July 2014 |
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| Vice-Chancellor |
Ivor Crewe Colin Riordan Anthony Forster |
| Preceded by | The Lord Nolan |
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Chakrabarti |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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In office 25 July 1998 – 7 May 2015 Life Peerage |
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| Born | 15 March 1939 |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Penelope Ann Bennett |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Occupation | British solicitor and politician |
Andrew Wyndham Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, OBE (born 15 March 1939) is a solicitor and Liberal Democrat politician.
He attended Culford School, Uppingham School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read Economics and Law, then became a solicitor in 1964, eventually specialising in charity law. In 1970 he founded commercial law firm Bates Wells Braithwaite.
From 1976, he appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Jimmy Young Show as the “legal eagle,” giving legal advice to the show’s listeners. He continued in this role until the show ended upon Sir Jimmy’s retirement in 2002. Phillips has also appeared on other television and radio programmes such as Any Questions? and Newsnight. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1996 New Year Honours.
Phillips was appointed Chancellor of the University of Essex on 28 April 2003, succeeding Lord Nolan who had retired on 31 December 2002. He retired from the position in July 2013.
Phillips was co-founder and first chairman of the Legal Action Group in 1971, and also in the same year co-founded the The Parlex Group of trans-Europe lawyers. He co-founded the Solicitors Pro Bono Group (LawWorks) in 1996, becoming President.
Phillips was a member of first board of the Community Fund, distributing National Lottery funds. From 1992 to 2002 he was a member of Scott Trust, which owned The Guardian and other media.
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