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Simon McKay - Solicitor Advocate Simon is a Solicitor Advocate and Principal of McKay Law. As a criminal law and human rights specialist he has defended for Private Lee Clegg, the paratrooper cleared of murdering a joy rider whilst on duty in Northern Ireland and now acts for police forces, government departments and national agencies throughout the UK.
He is currently representing the Chief Constable of Wiltshire in the Porton Down inquiry. Along with international academics and lawyers he was recently asked to speak at the Olympic Congress in Greece on Human Rights regarding athletes and accusations of drug abuse.
Simon also accepts instructions to prosecute serious offences both at trial and on appeal and has an interest in privacy libel and defamation.
Simon has been widely published in European Human Rights Law, Judicial Review, Criminal Law Review, the Times and Archbold News. He has lectured both in the UK and abroad. He has recently been commissioned by Oxford University Press to author a book on the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and is on the Editorial Board and contributing author of a new text book on Counter Terrorism law. He is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Law, University of Leeds and Member of the Committee for Criminal Justice. He is also a member of the Law Society of Northern Ireland. Simon has recently been selected by the office of the Attorney General as Special Advocate. He was recently awarded Young Lawyer of the Year.
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