Courtenay Griffiths KC of WTC features in Criminal Justice Matters Podcast: Stars and Trailblazers

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The Criminal Justice Matters podcast series concludes its focus on stars and trailblazers of the Criminal Bar with this episode in which Kirsty Brimelow KC, former Chair of the CBA, speaks to one of the Criminal Bar’s most renowned figures, Courtenay Griffiths KC. Courtenay was called to the Bar in 1980 and appointed QC in 1998 at a time when black barristers were rare in the courts of England and Wales.

If you name a serious high-profile case over the previous four decades, it is likely that Courtenay would have appeared defending. He defended in the Brighton hotel bombing, the Harrods Bombing, the Canary Wharf Bombing, the Dartmoor Riot, the Blakelock murder, the Damilola Taylor murder and the Charles Taylor trial in the Hague.

Courtenay is a social justice champion and a mentor and inspiration to successive generations.

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Criminal Justice Matters is produced by Adam Batstone Media & Communications.
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Read more about Courtenay here.