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'''Mark Lewis''' is an English media lawyer. He is married to TV and radio broacaster, [[Caroline Feraday]], and is the son-in-law of discredited 'expert' forensic witness [[Alan Feraday]].
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'''Mark Lewis''' is an English media [[lawyer]] who is a partner at Patron Law.<ref>''[https://www.patronlaw.co.uk/bio/mark-lewis/ "Mark Lewis Biography"]''</ref> He is married to TV and radio broadcaster, [[Caroline Feraday]], and is the son-in-law of discredited<ref>''[http://lockerbiedivide.blogspot.com/2010/10/allen-feraday.html "The Political Scientists of Lockerbie, part 2/3 - Allen Feraday"]''</ref> forensic witness [[Alan Feraday]].<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEaJ152fskQ "Old Chelsea Town Hall - Wedding Film"]''</ref> The couple separated in May 2014.<ref>''[http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/96066124/tvs-caroline-quick-split-from-husband "Scarcely a year after they married at Chelsea town hall following a whirlwind romance, glamorous TV presenter Caroline Feraday and lawyer Mark Lewis have parted ways"]''</ref>
  
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In August 2018, Mark Lewis and his partner [[Mandy Blumenthal]] told the [[BBC]]'s ''Victoria Derbyshire'' programme that they are quitting the [[UK]] as they no longer feel safe because of "[[anti-Semitism]]", saying they have received so much abuse that "enough is enough" and are moving to [[Israel]] in December 2018.<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/1821905261/posts/10206452467190103/ "In a Relationship with Mandy Blumenthal"]''</ref> Ms Blumenthal laid part of the blame at the door of Labour leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]].<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-45201412/we-re-leaving-the-uk-because-of-anti-semitism "We're leaving the UK because of anti-Semitism"]''</ref>
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==Bankrupting Labour==
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[[File:MoS_leak_report.png|right|thumb|300px|"If this bankrupts the [[Labour Party]], so be it."]]
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[[Document:That Leaked Labour Party Report|A leaked internal report]] shows that the [[Labour Party]]’s bureaucrats conspired to undermine their own leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] from the start, even sabotaging the [[UK/2017 General Election]] campaign.<ref>''[https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/leaks-show-how-labour-sabotaged-corbyn "Leaks show how Labour sabotaged Corbyn"]''</ref> Following its emergence on 12 April 2020, some of those mentioned in the document have contacted lawyers, with each person said to be considering several different claims.<ref>''[[Document:That Leaked Labour Party Report]]''</ref> It exposes Labour to a potentially huge bill should it lose in court or opt to settle. Mark Lewis told the ''[[Observer]]'':
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“There are lots and lots of claims. There are claims under the Data Protection Act, there are claims for breach of confidence or invasion of privacy and there are claims for libel. It is a very lengthy report that mentions a lot of people. I’ve been contacted by 15 people. Each one of them could well have several claims. What is going on is phenomenal. It’s a bit like the soldiers leaving a barracks that they have to desert and setting it on fire.
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“For four years, people in Labour have said there is no [[antisemitism]] in the party, it’s just a smear. Now they say that of course there was [[antisemitism]], ‘but it just wasn’t us’. They have not noticed the absurdity of their change of position. There are actions against the party, actions against individuals, actions against commentators. People need to be careful about statements that have been made. If this bankrupts the [[Labour Party]] or individuals, so be it. Actions have consequences.”<ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/19/labour-party-financial-peril-keir-starmer-members-leaked-report "Labour party faces financial peril over leaked report"]''</ref>
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[[Rachel Riley]] tweeted: "Mark Lewis's art is suing [[Jew]]-haters, and he's about to paint his masterpiece."<ref>''[https://twitter.com/FreeSpe84593309/status/1249994694286880769/photo/1 "And of course Rachel Riley is supporting her pet lawyer"]''</ref>
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==Threatening tweets==
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On 20 February 2019, Mark Lewis tweeted to [[Mike Sivier]]:
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:"I have been instructed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Ann_Oberman Tracy Ann Oberman] and [[Rachel Riley]] to take legal action against you. Would you or such solicitor that you nominate please contact mark.lewis@patronlaw.co.uk If you do not provide contact details by 4pm on 28 February 2019 then it will be."<ref>''[https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2019/02/21/top-libel-lawyer-ridiculed-all-over-twitter-after-threatening-tweets/ "‘Top’ libel lawyer ridiculed all over Twitter after threatening tweets"]''</ref>
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[[Mike Sivier|Sivier]]'s colleague [https://twitter.com/shaunjlawson/ Shaun Lawson] responded:
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:"***IMPORTANT*** If you're someone who has received a threat of legal action from Mark Lewis, please seek legal advice. You don't have anything to worry about, because there is nothing libellous in the article. But I'm not a lawyer, so please seek your own. Forewarned is forearmed."<ref>''[https://twitter.com/shaunjlawson/status/1098400950530781185 "Forewarned is forearmed"]''</ref>
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==Phone-hacking==
 
According to the London ''Evening Standard'' of 22 November 2011:
 
According to the London ''Evening Standard'' of 22 November 2011:
:In the phone-hacking inquiry, Mark Lewis took the Dowlers on a no-win, no-fee basis and his phone hasn't stopped ringing since with requests from victims of phone-hacking to represent him, media appearances, committee appearances. In the final twist, the police, whom he's still suing, have also just announced there are at least 5,795 potential hacking victims, pretty close to the figure of 6,000 he was told in 2008.
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:In the phone-hacking inquiry, Mark Lewis took the Dowlers on a no-win, no-fee basis and his phone hasn't stopped ringing since with requests from victims of phone-hacking to represent him, media appearances, committee appearances. In the final twist, the police, whom he's still suing, have also just announced there are at least 5,795 potential hacking victims, pretty close to the figure of 6,000 he was told in 2008.<ref>''[http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/mark-lewis-my-ms-consultant-told-me-not-to-do-anything-stressful--so-i-went-after-murdochs-phonehackers-6370688.html "Mark Lewis: My MS consultant told me not to do anything stressful - so I went after Murdoch's phone-hackers"]''</ref>
  
:Tomorrow he will give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry himself, and you can be sure the underdog will be barking very loudly:
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His role in exposing the phone-hacking scandal is detailed in a March 2013 ''Super Lawyers'' article entitled "One Rogue Solicitor":
::"You've got News Corp, you've got News International, you've got News Group Newspapers, News of the World, you've got Farrer & Co, you've got Linklaters, you've got Olswang's, you've got Clifford Chance, you've got so many of the big law firms on this and then on the other side you've got me," Lewis says. "I haven't even got a f**king secretary, I've got one hand and, you know, if I had two hands I'd tie one behind my back because they need a head start."<ref>[http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/mark-lewis-my-ms-consultant-told-me-not-to-do-anything-stressful--so-i-went-after-murdochs-phonehackers-6370688.html "Mark Lewis: My MS consultant told me not to do anything stressful - so I went after Murdoch's phone-hackers"]</ref>
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:In 2006, Mark Lewis happened to be watching television and saw the story of the so-called rogue ''News of the World'' reporter, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Goodman Clive Goodman], and private investigator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Mulcaire Glenn Mulcaire], who pleaded guilty to hacking the phones of the royal family. The report mentioned a few other celebrities whose phones had been hacked as well. One of them was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Taylor_%28footballer%29 Gordon Taylor].
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:It might not have seemed like much of a case for a civil lawsuit — after all, no story was actually run on the football executive — but Lewis calls it his ''Eureka'' moment. He applied for third-party disclosure with the Metropolitan Police to see the evidence in the royal phone-hacking case, and says he was told:
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::“You are not having everything, but we will give you enough on Taylor to hang them.<ref>''[http://www.superlawyers.com/london/article/One-Rogue-Solicitor/2320f264-f989-4888-9cbb-bd3d43703ba9.html "One Rogue Solicitor"]'' Super Lawyers, March 2013</ref>
  
 
==Unsocial media==
 
==Unsocial media==
 
[[File:Private_Eye.jpg|300px|right|thumb|''Private Eye'' rumbles "[[Haselnut]]" and ''The Ecologist'']]
 
[[File:Private_Eye.jpg|300px|right|thumb|''Private Eye'' rumbles "[[Haselnut]]" and ''The Ecologist'']]
===Twitter===
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[[File:Alan_Feraday.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Caroline Feraday]] and dad [[Alan Feraday]] on her wedding day in June 2013]]
 
On 4 February 2014, [[Caroline Feraday]] tweeted to former British diplomat, [[Patrick Haseldine]]:
 
On 4 February 2014, [[Caroline Feraday]] tweeted to former British diplomat, [[Patrick Haseldine]]:
:Have you nominated yourself for [https://twitter.com/CarolineFeraday/status/430533119800651776/photo/1 Twat of the Year (TOTY)] too? [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/CarolineFeraday/status/430533119800651776/photo/1 "Have you nominated yourself for Twat of Year too?"]</ref>
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:Have you nominated yourself for [https://twitter.com/CarolineFeraday/status/430533119800651776/photo/1 Twat of the Year (TOTY)] too? [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]]<ref>''[https://twitter.com/CarolineFeraday/status/430533119800651776/photo/1 "Have you nominated yourself for Twat of Year too?"]''</ref>
  
Mark Lewis, having favorited his wife's tweet and retweeted it to his 3,481 ''Twitter'' followers, added his own tweet:
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Mark Lewis, having favorited his wife's tweet and retweeted it to his 3,481 ''[[Twitter]]'' followers, added his own tweet:
 
:[[Lockerbie Bombing|Lockerbie]]: ''Private Eye'' rumbles "[[Haselnut]]" and ''The Ecologist'':
 
:[[Lockerbie Bombing|Lockerbie]]: ''Private Eye'' rumbles "[[Haselnut]]" and ''The Ecologist'':
:Why tweet as [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]] when [[Patrick Haseldine|#Haselnut]] would be apt?<ref>[https://twitter.com/MarkLewisLawyer/status/430535516140736512 "Why tweet as @BerntCarlsson when #Haselnut would be apt?"]</ref>
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:Why tweet as [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]] when [[Patrick Haseldine|#Haselnut]] would be apt?<ref>''[https://twitter.com/MarkLewisLawyer/status/430535516140736512 "Why tweet as @BerntCarlsson when #Haselnut would be apt?"]''</ref>
  
 
In response to Mr and Mrs Lewis, [[Patrick Haseldine]] tweeted:
 
In response to Mr and Mrs Lewis, [[Patrick Haseldine]] tweeted:
:"#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to [https://www.facebook.com/UkJusticeForum/posts/128552080665317 "#OdiousBombExpert"] awarded to your dad: [[Alan Feraday|#AlanFeraday]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/UkJusticeForum/posts/128552080665317 "#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to "#OdiousBombExpert" awarded to your dad: #Alan Feraday"]</ref>
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:"#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to [https://www.facebook.com/UkJusticeForum/posts/128552080665317 "#OdiousBombExpert"] awarded to your dad: [[Alan Feraday|#AlanFeraday]]<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/UkJusticeForum/posts/128552080665317 "#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to "#OdiousBombExpert" awarded to your dad: #Alan Feraday"]''</ref>
:[https://twitter.com/MarkLewisLawyer @MarkLewisLawyer] Nice nickname [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]] remains the highest profile [[Lockerbie Bombing|#Lockerbie]] victim failed by [[Alan Feraday|#AlanFeraday]]<ref>[http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2224221/flight_103_it_was_the_uranium.html "Flight 103: it was the Uranium"]</ref>
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:[https://twitter.com/MarkLewisLawyer @MarkLewisLawyer] Nice nickname [[Bernt Carlsson|@BerntCarlsson]] remains the highest profile [[Lockerbie Bombing|#Lockerbie]] victim failed by [[Alan Feraday|#AlanFeraday]]<ref>''[http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2224221/flight_103_it_was_the_uranium.html "Flight 103: it was the Uranium"]''</ref>
  
===Email===
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===Legal advice-mail===
===Email===
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On 22 February 2014, Mark Lewis e-mailed legal advice to his wife [[Caroline Feraday]] (copying - perhaps unintentionally - to [[Patrick Haseldine]]) as follows:
On 22 February 2014, Mark Lewis emailed [[Caroline Feraday]] and [[Patrick Haseldine]] as follows:
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:From: Mark Lewis (mark.lewis@taylorhampton.co.uk)
 
:From: Mark Lewis (mark.lewis@taylorhampton.co.uk)
 
:To: [[Caroline Feraday]] (caroline.feradaytv@googlemail.com)  
 
:To: [[Caroline Feraday]] (caroline.feradaytv@googlemail.com)  
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:Inclination is not to bother but on plus side:
 
:Inclination is not to bother but on plus side:
 
 
::1. Some of his theories are so ludicrous that he'd struggle;
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::1. [http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2224221/flight_103_it_was_the_uranium.html Some of his theories are so ludicrous that he'd struggle];
 
 
::2. Such as bomb next to [[Bernt Carlsson]]'s suitcase;
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::2. [[Morag Kerr#The pieces of Carlsson's case tell a story|Such as bomb next to Bernt Carlsson's suitcase]];
 
 
::3. Self-styled Professor ([[Emeritus Professor of Lockerbie Studies]]);
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::3. [[Emeritus Professor of Lockerbie Studies|Self-styled Professor]];
 
 
::4. Nominated for [[Paul Foot|Paul Foot Award]] at ''Private Eye''.
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::4. Nominated for [[Paul Foot Award]] at ''Private Eye''.
 
 
 
:Defending himself might be very expensive but he could represent himself which is a nightmare as trial takes 3x longer.
 
:Defending himself might be very expensive but he could represent himself which is a nightmare as trial takes 3x longer.
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:Ultimately your dad, [[Alan Feraday|Alan]], has to decide. I think Daniel would be more objective than I am.
 
:Ultimately your dad, [[Alan Feraday|Alan]], has to decide. I think Daniel would be more objective than I am.
  
:Mark
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===Mark's day of rage===
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On 9 August 2014 when [[Israel]] was bombing [[Gaza]], Mark Lewis railed on ''Twitter'' against anti-[[Zionism|zionists]], calling them anti-[[jewish]] racist scum.
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It started at 2:33pm with Mark's tweet:
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:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2720381/Why-British-Jew-I-m-terrified-anti-Semitism-suddenly-sweeping-country.html Why, as a British Jew, I’m terrified by anti-Semitism in my country.]
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continued with:
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:Alixir Chabloz@Alixir13
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:@MarkLewisLawyer @MailOnline Tweeting the Daily Fail? Next: the Sun? Any solid proof of journalist's claims re attack ? Police report ?
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and ended at 4:57pm with:
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:OffCentreNews @offcentrenews
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:@Alixir13 @3BlockM  @frankiescar @contgwirion sad to see @MarkLewisLawyer scream ( again) VILE RACIST SCUM for this.<ref>''[https://storify.com/Alixir13/phone-hacking-lawyer-s-day-of-rage "Phone Hacking Lawyer's Day Of Rage"]''</ref>
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==Ruthless approach to "antisemitism"==
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The ''[[Times of Israel]]'' reports that Mark Lewis is ruthless against "[[antisemitism|anti-Semites]]" on social media:
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:“Someone can be a [[Nazi]], but at least [if they are taken to court] they can be a homeless Nazi,” he says. “I’m quite happy to take their homes off them. If these people would have rational debate, I would do that [instead], but they are nutters who have [[conspiracy theory|conspiratorial theories]] and I will never change their outlook. I always think, well, if people don’t like me, at least I’ve hit them".
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A couple of years ago Lewis became a director of [[UK Lawyers for Israel]] (UKLFI):
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:“None of us charge for our time but we devote it to putting legal arguments forward for [[Israel]],” he says.
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Many nights he stays up to midnight, giving legal advice on behalf of [[UKLFI]].<ref>''[https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-foremost-libel-lawyer-sets-his-sights-on-israels-enemies/ "UK’s foremost libel lawyer sets his sights on Israel’s enemies"]''</ref>
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===Making Craig Murray "homeless"===
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In September 2017, it was reported that [[Jake Wallis Simons]], associate editor of the ''Daily Mail Online'', was suing [[Craig Murray]], former [[UK ambassador to Uzbekistan]], for £40,000 in damages plus £100,000 legal costs for lawyer Mark Lewis, who is representing Simons in the High Court case commencing on 7 November 2017.<ref>''[https://rehmat1.com/2017/09/07/uk-jew-editor-sues-ex-diplomat-for-supporting-palestinian/ "UK – Jew editor sues ex-diplomat for supporting Palestinian"]''</ref>
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Craig Murray reacted:
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:"I sincerely hope [Mark Lewis] does not consider me a [[Nazi]], though plainly this case is started by my falsely being smeared as an anti-Semite. But no matter how objectionable somebody may find my views on [[Israel]]/[[Palestine]], how does it serve justice that “at least my” wife and 8-year-old son “can be homeless.” That is however precisely what Mr Lewis seeks to achieve and to be plain, he has threatened me in person with bankruptcy. The money, of course, would go to Mr Lewis and his team still more than to Mr Wallis Simons.
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:"English libel law is recognised throughout the world as a draconian affront to democracy. Its survival is due not only to the fact that it is an invaluable tool for the wealthy to use against poor radicals, but also to the fact that libel is a very wealthy industry, feeding money to rich and influential individuals, including of course not only the libel lawyers but also the judges and court system which are all part of this massive vested interest, which is extremely well represented in the Westminster parliament.
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:"All of which I am afraid leads me to renew my appeal for funds for my defence, which despite the extremely generous response so far, do not yet match the scale of the threat. I should say that I was extremely depressed and humiliated a few days ago in having to ask for money in this way, but the response has been so overwhelming and so kind, and accompanied by so many warm words for my work over the years, that the feelings of deep shame have been completely displaced by gratitude, friendship and affection."<ref>''[https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/09/jake-wallis-simons-v-craig-murray/ "Jake Wallis Simons v Craig Murray"]''</ref>
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===Prosecuting Mark Lewis===
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On 28 September 2018, the [[Solicitors Regulation Authority]] decided to prosecute Mark Lewis, a partner at London firm Seddons.
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The allegations are that in May 2017 he used his ''[[Facebook]]'' account to post ‘offensive and profane communications’ towards a third party.
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The [[SRA]] also alleges that between July 2015 and December 2016 he used his ''[[Twitter]]'' account, which publicly identified him as a solicitor, to post offensive and profane communications.<ref>''[https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/media-lawyer-mark-lewis-to-face-sdt-over-social-media-comments/5067741.article "Media lawyer Mark Lewis to face SDT over social media comments"]''</ref>
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The allegations were subject to a hearing before the [[Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal]] on 22-26 November 2018 when Lewis was fined £2,500.<ref>''[https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/147401.article?Decision=2018-05-08 "SDT fines Mark Lewis £2,500"]''</ref>
  
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==Multiple sclerosis==
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In the summer of 2016, having suffered from multiple sclerosis (MS) for many years, Mark Lewis heard about stem cell research taking place at [[Jerusalem]]’s Hadassah Hospital along with clinical trials for a number of neurological diseases including MS. He successfully applied to be part of the Hadassah clinical trial and, with his Israeli-British partner [[Mandy Blumenthal]], travelled to Jerusalem every six weeks for treatment. The process was filmed every step of the way for a British [[Channel 4]] documentary entitled "The Search for a Miracle Cure" which was screened on Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10:00pm.<ref>''[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-search-for-a-miracle-cure "The Search for a Miracle Cure"]''</ref>
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BornDecember 1964
SpouseCaroline Feraday

Mark Lewis is an English media lawyer who is a partner at Patron Law.[1] He is married to TV and radio broadcaster, Caroline Feraday, and is the son-in-law of discredited[2] forensic witness Alan Feraday.[3] The couple separated in May 2014.[4]

In August 2018, Mark Lewis and his partner Mandy Blumenthal told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that they are quitting the UK as they no longer feel safe because of "anti-Semitism", saying they have received so much abuse that "enough is enough" and are moving to Israel in December 2018.[5] Ms Blumenthal laid part of the blame at the door of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.[6]

Bankrupting Labour

"If this bankrupts the Labour Party, so be it."

A leaked internal report shows that the Labour Party’s bureaucrats conspired to undermine their own leader Jeremy Corbyn from the start, even sabotaging the UK/2017 General Election campaign.[7] Following its emergence on 12 April 2020, some of those mentioned in the document have contacted lawyers, with each person said to be considering several different claims.[8] It exposes Labour to a potentially huge bill should it lose in court or opt to settle. Mark Lewis told the Observer:

“There are lots and lots of claims. There are claims under the Data Protection Act, there are claims for breach of confidence or invasion of privacy and there are claims for libel. It is a very lengthy report that mentions a lot of people. I’ve been contacted by 15 people. Each one of them could well have several claims. What is going on is phenomenal. It’s a bit like the soldiers leaving a barracks that they have to desert and setting it on fire.

“For four years, people in Labour have said there is no antisemitism in the party, it’s just a smear. Now they say that of course there was antisemitism, ‘but it just wasn’t us’. They have not noticed the absurdity of their change of position. There are actions against the party, actions against individuals, actions against commentators. People need to be careful about statements that have been made. If this bankrupts the Labour Party or individuals, so be it. Actions have consequences.”[9]

Rachel Riley tweeted: "Mark Lewis's art is suing Jew-haters, and he's about to paint his masterpiece."[10]

Threatening tweets

On 20 February 2019, Mark Lewis tweeted to Mike Sivier:

"I have been instructed by Tracy Ann Oberman and Rachel Riley to take legal action against you. Would you or such solicitor that you nominate please contact mark.lewis@patronlaw.co.uk If you do not provide contact details by 4pm on 28 February 2019 then it will be."[11]

Sivier's colleague Shaun Lawson responded:

"***IMPORTANT*** If you're someone who has received a threat of legal action from Mark Lewis, please seek legal advice. You don't have anything to worry about, because there is nothing libellous in the article. But I'm not a lawyer, so please seek your own. Forewarned is forearmed."[12]

Phone-hacking

According to the London Evening Standard of 22 November 2011:

In the phone-hacking inquiry, Mark Lewis took the Dowlers on a no-win, no-fee basis and his phone hasn't stopped ringing since with requests from victims of phone-hacking to represent him, media appearances, committee appearances. In the final twist, the police, whom he's still suing, have also just announced there are at least 5,795 potential hacking victims, pretty close to the figure of 6,000 he was told in 2008.[13]

His role in exposing the phone-hacking scandal is detailed in a March 2013 Super Lawyers article entitled "One Rogue Solicitor":

In 2006, Mark Lewis happened to be watching television and saw the story of the so-called rogue News of the World reporter, Clive Goodman, and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who pleaded guilty to hacking the phones of the royal family. The report mentioned a few other celebrities whose phones had been hacked as well. One of them was Gordon Taylor.
It might not have seemed like much of a case for a civil lawsuit — after all, no story was actually run on the football executive — but Lewis calls it his Eureka moment. He applied for third-party disclosure with the Metropolitan Police to see the evidence in the royal phone-hacking case, and says he was told:
“You are not having everything, but we will give you enough on Taylor to hang them.”[14]

Unsocial media

Private Eye rumbles "Haselnut" and The Ecologist
Caroline Feraday and dad Alan Feraday on her wedding day in June 2013

On 4 February 2014, Caroline Feraday tweeted to former British diplomat, Patrick Haseldine:

Have you nominated yourself for Twat of the Year (TOTY) too? @BerntCarlsson[15]

Mark Lewis, having favorited his wife's tweet and retweeted it to his 3,481 Twitter followers, added his own tweet:

Lockerbie: Private Eye rumbles "Haselnut" and The Ecologist:
Why tweet as @BerntCarlsson when #Haselnut would be apt?[16]

In response to Mr and Mrs Lewis, Patrick Haseldine tweeted:

"#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to "#OdiousBombExpert" awarded to your dad: #AlanFeraday[17]
@MarkLewisLawyer Nice nickname @BerntCarlsson remains the highest profile #Lockerbie victim failed by #AlanFeraday[18]

Legal advice-mail

On 22 February 2014, Mark Lewis e-mailed legal advice to his wife Caroline Feraday (copying - perhaps unintentionally - to Patrick Haseldine) as follows:

From: Mark Lewis (mark.lewis@taylorhampton.co.uk)
To: Caroline Feraday (caroline.feradaytv@googlemail.com)
Cc: Patrick Haseldine (patrick.haseldine@btinternet.com)
Sent: Saturday, 22 February 2014, 23:18
Subject: Re: Banning of chief Lockerbie witness Alan Feraday "game-changing"
Not sure it went
Sent from my iPad
Caroline
Clearly Patrick Haseldine is a fruit loop.
Possibly can sue but that gives him the opportunity to use it a show trial: therefore gives the oxygen of publicity.
Whether could sue for harassment is a different matter. Trouble is that he would argue that means it's true.
Inclination is not to bother but on plus side:
1. Some of his theories are so ludicrous that he'd struggle;
2. Such as bomb next to Bernt Carlsson's suitcase;
3. Self-styled Professor;
4. Nominated for Paul Foot Award at Private Eye.
Defending himself might be very expensive but he could represent himself which is a nightmare as trial takes 3x longer.
Ultimately your dad, Alan, has to decide. I think Daniel would be more objective than I am.
Mark.

Mark's day of rage

On 9 August 2014 when Israel was bombing Gaza, Mark Lewis railed on Twitter against anti-zionists, calling them anti-jewish racist scum.

It started at 2:33pm with Mark's tweet:

Why, as a British Jew, I’m terrified by anti-Semitism in my country.

continued with:

Alixir Chabloz@Alixir13
@MarkLewisLawyer @MailOnline Tweeting the Daily Fail? Next: the Sun? Any solid proof of journalist's claims re attack ? Police report ?

and ended at 4:57pm with:

OffCentreNews @offcentrenews
@Alixir13 @3BlockM @frankiescar @contgwirion sad to see @MarkLewisLawyer scream ( again) VILE RACIST SCUM for this.[19]

Ruthless approach to "antisemitism"

The Times of Israel reports that Mark Lewis is ruthless against "anti-Semites" on social media:

“Someone can be a Nazi, but at least [if they are taken to court] they can be a homeless Nazi,” he says. “I’m quite happy to take their homes off them. If these people would have rational debate, I would do that [instead], but they are nutters who have conspiratorial theories and I will never change their outlook. I always think, well, if people don’t like me, at least I’ve hit them".

A couple of years ago Lewis became a director of UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI):

“None of us charge for our time but we devote it to putting legal arguments forward for Israel,” he says.

Many nights he stays up to midnight, giving legal advice on behalf of UKLFI.[20]

Making Craig Murray "homeless"

In September 2017, it was reported that Jake Wallis Simons, associate editor of the Daily Mail Online, was suing Craig Murray, former UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, for £40,000 in damages plus £100,000 legal costs for lawyer Mark Lewis, who is representing Simons in the High Court case commencing on 7 November 2017.[21]

Craig Murray reacted:

"I sincerely hope [Mark Lewis] does not consider me a Nazi, though plainly this case is started by my falsely being smeared as an anti-Semite. But no matter how objectionable somebody may find my views on Israel/Palestine, how does it serve justice that “at least my” wife and 8-year-old son “can be homeless.” That is however precisely what Mr Lewis seeks to achieve and to be plain, he has threatened me in person with bankruptcy. The money, of course, would go to Mr Lewis and his team still more than to Mr Wallis Simons.
"English libel law is recognised throughout the world as a draconian affront to democracy. Its survival is due not only to the fact that it is an invaluable tool for the wealthy to use against poor radicals, but also to the fact that libel is a very wealthy industry, feeding money to rich and influential individuals, including of course not only the libel lawyers but also the judges and court system which are all part of this massive vested interest, which is extremely well represented in the Westminster parliament.
"All of which I am afraid leads me to renew my appeal for funds for my defence, which despite the extremely generous response so far, do not yet match the scale of the threat. I should say that I was extremely depressed and humiliated a few days ago in having to ask for money in this way, but the response has been so overwhelming and so kind, and accompanied by so many warm words for my work over the years, that the feelings of deep shame have been completely displaced by gratitude, friendship and affection."[22]

Prosecuting Mark Lewis

On 28 September 2018, the Solicitors Regulation Authority decided to prosecute Mark Lewis, a partner at London firm Seddons.

The allegations are that in May 2017 he used his Facebook account to post ‘offensive and profane communications’ towards a third party.

The SRA also alleges that between July 2015 and December 2016 he used his Twitter account, which publicly identified him as a solicitor, to post offensive and profane communications.[23]

The allegations were subject to a hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on 22-26 November 2018 when Lewis was fined £2,500.[24]

Multiple sclerosis

In the summer of 2016, having suffered from multiple sclerosis (MS) for many years, Mark Lewis heard about stem cell research taking place at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital along with clinical trials for a number of neurological diseases including MS. He successfully applied to be part of the Hadassah clinical trial and, with his Israeli-British partner Mandy Blumenthal, travelled to Jerusalem every six weeks for treatment. The process was filmed every step of the way for a British Channel 4 documentary entitled "The Search for a Miracle Cure" which was screened on Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10:00pm.[25]

 

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References

  1. "Mark Lewis Biography"
  2. "The Political Scientists of Lockerbie, part 2/3 - Allen Feraday"
  3. "Old Chelsea Town Hall - Wedding Film"
  4. "Scarcely a year after they married at Chelsea town hall following a whirlwind romance, glamorous TV presenter Caroline Feraday and lawyer Mark Lewis have parted ways"
  5. "In a Relationship with Mandy Blumenthal"
  6. "We're leaving the UK because of anti-Semitism"
  7. "Leaks show how Labour sabotaged Corbyn"
  8. Document:That Leaked Labour Party Report
  9. "Labour party faces financial peril over leaked report"
  10. "And of course Rachel Riley is supporting her pet lawyer"
  11. "‘Top’ libel lawyer ridiculed all over Twitter after threatening tweets"
  12. "Forewarned is forearmed"
  13. "Mark Lewis: My MS consultant told me not to do anything stressful - so I went after Murdoch's phone-hackers"
  14. "One Rogue Solicitor" Super Lawyers, March 2013
  15. "Have you nominated yourself for Twat of Year too?"
  16. "Why tweet as @BerntCarlsson when #Haselnut would be apt?"
  17. "#TwatOfTheYear" is preferable to "#OdiousBombExpert" awarded to your dad: #Alan Feraday"
  18. "Flight 103: it was the Uranium"
  19. "Phone Hacking Lawyer's Day Of Rage"
  20. "UK’s foremost libel lawyer sets his sights on Israel’s enemies"
  21. "UK – Jew editor sues ex-diplomat for supporting Palestinian"
  22. "Jake Wallis Simons v Craig Murray"
  23. "Media lawyer Mark Lewis to face SDT over social media comments"
  24. "SDT fines Mark Lewis £2,500"
  25. "The Search for a Miracle Cure"