Michael Jacob Beloff,
KC (born 18 April 1942)
is an English
barrister and arbitrator. A member of
Blackstone Chambers
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Current notable members include Robert Anderson, Michael Be ...
, he practises in a number of areas including
human rights
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,
administrative law
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and sports law.
Career
Beloff is the son of the historian
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, and is therefore by courtesy styled 'the Honourable'. His mother was Helen Dobrin. He was educated at the
Dragon School
("Reach for the Sun")
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, closed =
, type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school
, religion = Church of England
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, head_label = Head
, head = Emma Goldsm ...
and
Eton, and read history at
Magdalen College, Oxford
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, and was President of the
Union
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. As President of the Union he passed a resolution in 1963 to allow women to have full membership for the first time.
He was
called to the Bar
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at
Gray's Inn
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, where he later became a
Bencher
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and was the Treasurer for 2008. He is the founder of a student prize at the Inn awarded for an essay on administrative law.
The term
Plate glass university stems from the title of his book ''The Plateglass Universities'' (1970).
From 1995 until 2014 he was a member of the
Jersey Court of Appeal and the Guernsey Court of Appeal and senior ordinary appeal Judge for six years. He sits on the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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(CAS), which deals with disputes including doping offences on behalf of the
International Olympic Committee
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. He has also chaired the ethics commission of the
International Association of Athletics Federations
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(IAAF), including investigations into IAAF treasurer
Valentin Balakhnichev
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and Papa Massata Diack, son of IAAF president
Lamine Diack
Lamine Diack (7 June 1933 – 3 December 2021) was a Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete. He was president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015. He was the subject of numerous ...
.
He served as President of
Trinity College, Oxford
(That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody)
, named_for = The Holy Trinity
, established =
, sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge
, president = Dame Hilary Boulding
, location = Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH
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, from 1996 to 2006 and was succeeded by
Ivor Roberts. Trinity College now awards a Michael and Judith Beloff Scholarship endowed by Michael.
Trinity College's debating society also runs the annual Michael Beloff After-Dinner Speaking Competition, open to members of the college.
Sources
Brief CV, Oxford University Faculty of Law websiteSummary of Arbitration Panel adjudication, (accessed 3 July 2007)
References
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1942 births
People educated at The Dragon School
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
English King's Counsel
English people of Russian-Jewish descent
20th-century King's Counsel
Presidents of the Oxford Union
Presidents of Trinity College, Oxford
Living people
Members of Gray's Inn
Judiciary of Jersey
English barristers