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Benjamin Whitaker (politician)
Benjamin Charles George Whitaker CBE (15 September 1934 – 8 June 2014) was a British barrister and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. Early life He was the third son of Major-General Sir John Whitaker, 2nd Baronet, Sir John Albert Charles Whitaker, 2nd Baronet of Babworth, Babworth Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Eton College, Eton before undergoing a period of Conscription in the United Kingdom, National Service as an officer in the Coldstream Guards from 1952 to 1954. He subsequently entered New College, Oxford where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Modern History before being call to the bar, called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1959. Career He practised as a barrister from 1959, and as an extramural lecturer in law for the University of London from 1963. He was elected at the 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the normally Conservative Party (UK), Conservative seat of Hampstead ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrister
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and giving expert legal opinions. Barristers are distinguished from both solicitors and chartered legal executives, who have more direct access to clients, and may do transactional legal work. It is mainly barristers who are appointed as judges, and they are rarely hired by clients directly. In some legal systems, including those of Scotland, South Africa, Scandinavia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, the word ''barrister'' is also regarded as an honorific title. In a few jurisdictions, barristers are usually forbidden from "conducting" litigation, and can only act on the instructions of a solicitor, and increasingly - chartered legal executives, who perform tasks such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
