Phil Shiner
 Phil Shiner  (lawyer, academic) | |
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| Founder of | Public Interest Lawyers |
| Interests | human rights |
Phil Shiner leads the team at Public Interest Lawyers. He was a reputed lawyer who worked on issues concerning international, environmental and human rights law. He was later struck off for "dishonesty".[1]
Career
Phil has practised as a solicitor in the UK since 1981. He has written extensively on international and human rights law, and has spoken at many conferences around the world on issues arising through PIL's work.
Phil is a committed socialist and the roots of his career as a lawyer are firmly planted in the law centre movement of the eighties. Phil has had a diverse and high profile legal career where he has always acted for the victims of injustices borne of many different circumstances.
Phil is the lawyer that succeeded in establishing two separate judicial Public Inquiries arising out of alleged unlawful behaviour of UK forces in Iraq. Firstly the Baha Mousa Inquiry and most recently the Al-Sweady Inquiry.
In recent years Phil has acted in many important Judicial Review cases.Three of these cases were later heard in the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights - those of namely Al-Skeini, Al-Jedda and Hasan.
Phil Shiner has worked as a visiting professor at London Metropolitan University and a visiting fellow at London School of Economics. He was made "Human Rights Lawyer of the Year" in 2004 by Liberty and Justice. He was recognised by the Law Society as an outstanding achiever at the Law Society Awards in 2011.
Honours
Phil is the Honorary Vice President of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and in 2012 Phil was presented with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Public Interest Law throughout his career.
Criticism
In February 2017, an anonymously authored article in "The Telegraph" headlined "Phil Shiner should face a criminal investigation over his dishonesty in smearing British troops " reported that the Solicitors' Regulatory Authority struck off Shiner after determining that he had been “dishonest”.[1]
A Document by Phil Shiner
| Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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| Document:Second Baha Mousa Memorial Lecture | speech | September 2010 | Baha Mousa UK/Torture Iraq Historic Allegations Team | A shocking introduction to the systematic abuse of prisoners by the British military in Iraq and focusing on the case of Baha Mousa |
