“Ian Glen had been a puzzle to me. When I had first googled him he had come up as a QC specialising in "serious crime" cases; there seemed no linkage between him and sex cases of any sort - rape or abuse. I was puzzled at why this QC had been selected by Williams-Thomas, but having no reason to dig deeper I just put it down to his being handy and affordable to hire, without there being any reason in particular. When I read todays' professional journalism about the Savile matters, something made me decide to go back and take a closer look at the QC from Exposure. That 'something' was when the Telegraph appeared to climb onto the bus commisioned by the Mail on Sunday today
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/11172622/Police-launch-fraud-probe-into-claim-for-compensation-by-alleged-victim-of-Jimmy-Savile.html Finding that Telegraph article led me back to a much older one. It was the article the Telegraph had published when reviewing Exposure - in 2012.
Of course, Savile is now dead, and cannot put his side of the story in response to any of these allegations. But Williams-Thomas’s case against Savile convinced a QC, Ian Glen, that there is enough evidence for Savile to be arrested if he were still alive. Glen’s contribution made the programme feel even more authoritative.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/9585422/Jimmy-Savile-Exposure-ITV1-review.html
I had never thought that deeply about the QC's contribution but Mark Williams-Thomas obviously knew which journalistic buttons needed pressing when he made his TV show.
“Once we had collected the evidence it was important to test it, and for this reason I showed it to a leading barrister, Ian Glen QC. His verdict was the evidence amounted to a pattern of offending that the complainants were speaking about.” http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/reporter-describes-investigation-harrowing-jimmy-2497131
I wondered how the leading barrister felt now that it has become obvious that all of Williams-Thomas' complainants have one by one, been demonstrated to be bogus
http://jimcannotfixthis.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/root-vegetable.html
They do say in this blogging game that the secret is to join the dots and see where they lead, so I did. The first time I found Ian Glen was in the Daily Mail of all places! It was just a matter of a few weeks ago! That was just a coincidence obviously. He seemed not very sympatico with his own profession
Ian Glen QC told a legal magazine that "liberal advertising regulations" and "micro specialisation" had encouraged "self-promotion". He said, in an interview with Counsel magazine, that changes had only helped those who "outpace the rest in getting their noses into the trough". And "worst of all", some barristers seemed to believe their own publicity and measured success in money terms, he said. Mr Glen, a barrister for 35 years, said that had led to "exaggerated claims" on the legal aid fund. Interviewers, who compiled a profile of Mr Glen for the latest edition of the magazine, asked what changes he had seen "for the worst". "Worst of all has been the decline of humility," said Mr Glen. "Advocacy is not about the advocate ." Mr Glen - who has been a QC, or "silk", for 18 years - was also asked where he saw himself in five years' time. "Most of us are contemplating doing something completely different without knowing quite what it is," he said. "I have considered the discreet advert 'Disillusioned senior silk with bags of life experience seeks new challenge' but I can't decide where to place it. Any ideas?" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2722691/Barrister-hits-noses-trough.html
I ventured in my own mind that he might fancy a career as a TV pundit. The next place I found the QC was in the pages of the Telegraph! What a line of dots it was turning out to be! This reference went back a few years though, all the way to 2008 and when I realised the QC wanted to be a DJ, you could have knocked me down with a feather, guys n gals
Once upon a time when a Queen's counsel heard the initials DJ, it would be a signal to swap his silk gown for a dinner jacket. Not any more."I'm going to DJ at Glastonbury," says Ian Glen QC. "I've played at the Grosvenor House hotel before, but never at Glastonbury. I play a mixture of house and reggae."Glen, 56, will be "on the decks" when the nightclub Chinawhite takes over the festival's Left Field Stage. The event will raise money for the Miscarriage of Justice Organisation, of which he is a trustee.The barrister knows the owner of Chinawhite through his licensing work. Although he also represents Spearmint Rhino, thankfully he assures me that he has no plans to perform a pole dance.
However it was that last dot - that last piece of information that really led to me making this Blogpost. As soon as I read Spearmint Rhino, my data antennae were twitching. There was something I remembered. Here it is:
Read more here:
http://jimcannotfixthis.blogspot.com/2014/10/keeping-my-own-counsel.html
QC DJ on the decks at Glastonbury - Mar 2008“Once upon a time when a Queen's counsel heard the initials DJ, it would be a signal to swap his silk gown for a dinner jacket. Not any more.
"I'm going to DJ at Glastonbury," says Ian Glen QC. "I've played at the Grosvenor House hotel before, but never at Glastonbury. I play a mixture of house and reggae."
Glen, 56, will be "on the decks" when the nightclub Chinawhite takes over the festival's Left Field Stage.
The event will raise money for the Miscarriage of Justice Organisation, of which he is a trustee.The barrister knows the owner of Chinawhite through his licensing work. Although he also represents Spearmint Rhino, thankfully he assures me that he has no plans to perform a pole dance.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1582598/QC-DJ-on-the-decks-at-Glastonbury.htmlOctober 2012“Barry George today launched a test case bid to overturn a ''defective'' decision denying him compensation after he wrongly imprisoned for the murder of Jill Dando.
Mr George, 52, who was cleared after a retrial in 2008, is seeking a High Court ruling that could open the way for him to claim an award of up to £500,000.
His case is one of five test cases assembled for senior judges to decide who is now entitled to payments in ''miscarriages of justice'' cases following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in May 2011.
Mr George's claim for damages for lost earnings and wrongful imprisonment was rejected by the Ministry of Justice on the grounds that he was not legally entitled to compensation.
That decision is being defended by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling in a three-day hearing at London's High Court.
Ian Glen QC, appearing for Mr George, is asking Mr Justice Beatson and Mr Justice Irwin to rule the decision to deny compensation ''defective and contrary to natural justice'' and a breach of the right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The proceedings follow the Supreme Court's redefinition of the legal meaning of what constitutes a ''miscarriage of justice'' after debating when compensation should be paid to people wrongly convicted of crime.
Miss Dando was shot dead outside her home in Fulham in April 1999.
After his conviction in 2001, Mr George, of Fulham, west London, was acquitted of killing the 37-year-old BBC presenter at the 2008 retrial.
The case was referred to by one of the panel of nine Supreme Court justices who gave the landmark miscarriage of justice ruling.
Lord Hope described how a particle of ''firearms discharge'' matching particles found in the cartridge case of the bullet which killed Miss Dando, had been found in a pocket of a coat worn by Mr George.
Evidence about the ''firearms discharge'' particle and its significance were called into question following a review and Mr George's conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in 2007 and the retrial ordered.
When found not guilty in 2008, the Crown Prosecution Service said he ''had the right to be regarded as innocent''.
In the Supreme Court ruling, the then president Lord Phillips said that the ''mere quashing'' of a conviction could not be a ''trigger for compensation''.
He said a ''miscarriage of justice'' occurred when a new fact ''so undermined'' prosecution evidence that no conviction could ''possibly be based upon it''.
He said the new ''test'' would not guarantee that all those entitled to compensation were ''in fact innocent''.
But it would ensure that when innocent defendants were convicted on discredited evidence they were not ''precluded'' from obtaining compensation because they could not prove their innocence beyond reasonable doubt.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9614673/Barry-George-battles-over-compensation-for-Jill-Dando-conviction.html
