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Courtenay Griffiths

Courtenay Griffiths QC is joint head of Garden Court Chambers. He is currently defending the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, at the special court for Sierra Leone in the Hague

October 2010

  • Norman Washington Manley

    Legal heroes
    My legal hero: Norman Washington Manley MM QC

    Courtenay Griffiths

    Courtenay Griffiths: Manley, the grandson of a Jamaican slave, became a fearless advocate for the dispossessed before entering politics

July 2002

  • Counsel for the defence

    Courtenay Griffiths QC

    Continuing our debate on the reform of the criminal justice system, Courtenay Griffiths, QC, who represented one of those acquitted of killing Damilola Taylor, warns of further erosion of the rights of the accused.

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