Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner avoids jail over ... - Sky News
6 days ago · Phil Shiner gained prominence for representing Iraqis who alleged British soldiers had tortured them - but an inquiry later found these claims were untrue. Tuesday 10 December 2024 18:23, UK
Phil Shiner: Ex-lawyer spared jail over false Iraq War claims - BBC News
6 days ago · Phil Shiner was given a two-year suspended sentence at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of fraud relating to legal aid claims made in 2007.
Ex-human rights lawyer sentenced for Iraq war fraud | ITV News
6 days ago · The ex-human rights lawyer who represented clients against Iraq War veterans has avoided jail after being found guilty of fraud. The charges relate to Phil Shiner, from Birmingham, application in ...
Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner avoids jail over fraud
6 days ago · A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over fraud charges linked to false abuse claims made against British troops in Iraq. Phil Shiner was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 at a tribunal after being found guilty of misconduct …
Former human rights lawyer sentenced for fraud on the public purse
6 days ago · A former solicitor has been sentenced today (10 December 2024) for defrauding the Legal Services Commission (forerunner of the Legal Aid Agency),and making substantial gain at a significant cost to the public purse. Phil Shiner, 67, has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years ...
Ex-human rights lawyer Phil Shiner spared jail over Iraq War fraud ...
6 days ago · The 67-year-old was sentenced for three counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. Phil Shiner was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 (Yui Mok/PA) A former human rights lawyer has been ...
Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner spared jail over Iraq War …
Dec 10, 2024 · Phil Shiner was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 at a tribunal after being found guilty of misconduct and dishonesty relating to false claims against veterans of the Iraq War. At Southwark Crown Court, the 67-year-old was handed a two-year jail sentence suspended for two years for three counts of fraud, after previously admitting that an agent ...
Phil Shiner: Ex-lawyer pleads guilty to fraud over Iraq war claims
Oct 1, 2024 · Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner has pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud, linked to claims made against British Iraq War veterans. Shiner, 67, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on...
'Thoroughly dishonest': Al-Sweady case solicitor Phil Shiner …
6 days ago · Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner today avoided a custodial sentence as he was sentenced to two years imprisonment suspended for two years for three counts of fraud over legal aid claims ...
Ex-human rights lawyer to be sentenced on Iraq War fraud charges
Dec 9, 2024 · Phil Shiner admitted that an agent acting on his behalf had been cold-calling potential clients in Iraq (John Stillwell/PA) The inquiry found that the most serious claims of murder and torture were “entirely false” and the product of “deliberate lies”. Shiner, of Birmingham, was the principal solicitor of the law firm Public Interest ...
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