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Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, the Glossary

Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, (born 5 January 1950), is a British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 2001 and 2007.^[1]

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21st-century British lawyers
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Reactions to the Iraq War

Al-Yamamah arms deal

Al Yamamah (translation) is the name of a series of record arms sales by the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, paid for by the delivery of up to of crude oil per day to the British government.

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Allerton, Liverpool

Allerton is a suburb of Liverpool, England.

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American Law Institute

The American Law Institute (ALI) is a research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law and its adaptation to changing social needs.

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Attorney General for England and Wales

His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the highest ranking amongst the law officers of the Crown. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Attorney General for England and Wales are Attorneys General for England and Wales.

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Attorney General for Northern Ireland

The Attorney General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Attorney General for Northern Ireland are Attorneys General for Northern Ireland.

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Bar association

A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence.

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Barrister

A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Calderstones School

Calderstones School is an English comprehensive school located opposite Calderstones Park on Harthill Road in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton.

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Cash-for-Honours scandal

The Cash-for-Honours scandal (also known as Cash for Peerages, Loans for Lordships, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages) was a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages.

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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) citizens and residents into EU law.

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Debevoise & Plimpton

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (often shortened to Debevoise) is an international law firm headquartered in New York City.

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Elizabeth Wilmshurst

Elizabeth Susan Wilmshurst (born 28 August 1948), Distinguished Fellow of the International Law Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), and Professor of International Law at University College London, is best known for her role as Deputy Legal Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Elizabeth Wilmshurst are English King's Counsel.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn, (5 February 1941 – 20 September 2003), was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician who was Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and a member of the Cabinet from 2001 until his sudden death in 2003. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn are 20th-century King's Counsel, Attorneys General for England and Wales, Attorneys General for Northern Ireland, Labour Party (UK) life peers, new Labour and Northern Ireland Government ministers.

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Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin

David Geoffrey Nigel Filkin, Baron Filkin, (born 1 July 1944) is a British Labour politician. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Geoffrey Filkin, Baron Filkin are Labour Party (UK) life peers.

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Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

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Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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Guantanamo Bay detention camp

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp,Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), also called GTMO (pronounced Gitmo /ˈɡɪtmoʊ/ ''GIT-moh'') on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) is an institution based in Hong Kong, providing alternative dispute resolution services from administered and ad hoc international arbitration to mediation, adjudication and domain name dispute resolution.

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Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts.

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International law

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq Inquiry

The Iraq Inquiry (also referred to as the Chilcot Inquiry after its chairman, Sir John Chilcot) The Guardian, 31 July 2009.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Jack Straw

John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Jack Straw are new Labour.

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Jus ad bellum

Jus ad bellum, literally "right to war" in Latin, refers to "the conditions under which States may resort to war or to the use of armed force in general".

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King's Counsel

In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms, a King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a lawyer appointed by the state as a senior advocate or barrister with a high degree of skill and experience in the law.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

A dispute exists over the legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq are Reactions to the Iraq War.

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Life peer

In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers.

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List of members of the House of Lords

This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Lords Temporal

The Lords Temporal are secular members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the British Parliament.

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Merseyside

Merseyside is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England.

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MI6

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.

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Murder of James Bulger

On 12 February 1993 in Merseyside, two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson (born 23 August 1982) and Jon Venables (born 13 August 1982), abducted, tortured, and murdered a two-year-old boy, James Patrick Bulger (16 March 1990 – 12 February 1993).

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News leak

A news leak is the unsanctioned release of confidential information to news media.

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Non-departmental public body

In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department.

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Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom

The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.

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Partnership

A partnership is an agreement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.

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Patricia Scotland

Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, (born 19 August 1955), is a British diplomat, barrister and politician, serving as the sixth secretary-general of the Commonwealth of Nations. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Patricia Scotland are 20th-century King's Counsel, Attorneys General for England and Wales, Attorneys General for Northern Ireland, English King's Counsel, Labour Party (UK) life peers, new Labour and Northern Ireland Government ministers.

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Philemon Ministries

Philemon Ministries is a charitable foundation started by Kelvin Mwikya in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009.

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Privy Council (United Kingdom)

The Privy Council (formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council) is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Royal United Services Institute

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI, Rusi) is a defence and security think tank with its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

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Rule of law

The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.

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Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom)

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (abbreviation: The Rt Hon. or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, (13 October 193311 September 2010) was a British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill are 20th-century King's Counsel and English King's Counsel.

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Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith and Tony Blair are new Labour.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 is a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on 8 November 2002, offering Iraq under Saddam Hussein "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" that had been set out in several previous resolutions (Resolutions 660, 661, 678, 686, 687, 688, 707, 715, 986, and 1284).

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 687

United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 was adopted on 3 April 1991.

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University College London

University College London (branded as UCL) is a public research university in London, England.

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Westfield Group

Westfield Group was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group, which owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; and Westfield Corporation, which continued to own and operate the American and European centre portfolio.

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William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill

William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (born 15 August 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Cabinet minister from 1990 until 1997, and is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Goldsmith,_Baron_Goldsmith

Also known as Baron Goldsmith, Peter Goldsmith, Peter Henry Goldsmith, Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith.

, Rule of law, Serious Fraud Office (United Kingdom), The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, The Right Honourable, Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, Tony Blair, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, United Nations Security Council Resolution 687, University College London, Westfield Group, William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill.

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See also

21st-century British lawyers

Attorneys General for Northern Ireland

Lawyers from Liverpool

Northern Ireland Government ministers

People associated with Debevoise & Plimpton

People educated at Calderstones School

People educated at Quarry Bank High School

Reactions to the Iraq War

References