Louise Hilda Christian (born 22 May 1952, Oxford) is a British
human rights
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solicitor.
She is the daughter of Jack and Maureen Christian.
Christian was admitted to the
Law Society
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as a
solicitor on 16 January 1978. In 1985,
The ''Telegraph'' article refers to the firm as ''Christian Khan'', which is its current name. she and
Michael Fisher, a solicitor best known for his work representing those accused of Irish terrorist offences, whose firm, ''Fisher Meredith'', she had worked in, set up a firm called ''Christian Fisher''.
[ An early case was representing 49 Liverpool councillors who were being prosecuted for wilful misconduct.][ The councillors were surcharged a total of £106,000; however they appealed unsuccessfully to the high court, which awarded £242,000 legal costs against the councillors.]Sadiq Khan
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(now Mayor of London
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The current ...
) joined the firm as a trainee in 1994, and became a partner in 1997. The firm was renamed ''Christian Khan'' when Fisher left in 2002.[ at the time the firm employed about 50 staff.][ ''Christian Khan'' earned money almost entirely from legal aid.][ Christian has represented detainees at the American ]Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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in Cuba
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.1987
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before standing as a Socialist Alliance candidate in Hornsey and Wood Green in the 2001 election. Louise Christian has long been associated with human rights' pressure group Liberty
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(formerly known as the National Council for Civil Liberties) and was the chair from July 2007,The Guardian
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'',[ and is the author or co-author of several books.
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References
1952 births
Living people
British republicans
British solicitors
British women lawyers
Guantanamo Bay attorneys
21st-century women lawyers
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