Leonard Caplan
Leonard Caplan, QC (28 June 1909 – 18 January 2001) was a British barrister. He was described by an obituarist as "among the finest advocates of his generation".[1]
Life and legal career
[edit]Caplan was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1935. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1954, the youngest to take silk that year.
One of his most famous cases was Chaplin v Boys, in which he appeared for the successful respondent.
Political career
[edit]A Conservative, Caplan unsuccessfully contested Pontypool in 1935, Hammersmith North in 1945, and Kensington North in 1950 and 1951.
References
[edit]- ^ "Leonard Caplan". The Telegraph. 8 February 2001.
- https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10121?rskey=YN9VtW&result=1
- https://academic.oup.com/liverpool-scholarship-online/book/38004/chapter-abstract/332559648?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- https://goughsq.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pupillage-brochure-Sept-2016.pdf
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002581727904700401
External links
[edit]https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp147292/leonard-caplan
Categories:
- 1906 births
- 2001 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- British King's Counsel
- 20th-century King's Counsel
- 21st-century King's Counsel
- 20th-century British Jews
- 21st-century British Jews
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Members of Gray's Inn