David Pannick, Baron Pannick
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The Right Honourable The Lord Pannick QC |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 3 November 2008 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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David Philip Pannick 7 March 1956 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | None (crossbencher) |
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| Education | Bancroft's School |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Barrister, Peer |
| Religion | Jewish (Times of Israel) |
| Website | http://www.blackstonechambers.com |
David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick, QC (born 7 March 1956) is a leading barrister in the United Kingdom, and crossbencher in the House of Lords. He practises mainly in the areas of public law and human rights. He argued 100 cases before the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords before its replacement by the new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in October 2009, has argued more than 30 cases in the European Court of Justice, and more than 30 cases before the European Court of Human Rights.
Pannick was educated at Bancroft's School and Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated as an MA and a BCL. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1979, and was a Junior Counsel to the Crown in Common Law from 1988 to 1992. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit in 1995, and a deputy High Court judge in 1998. Pannick has appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, Brunei, Gibraltar, Trinidad, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. He appeared in 100 cases in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords before its jurisdiction was transferred to the new Supreme Court in October 2009.
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