Joanne Cash was born on 28 December 1969 and is a media barrister.
20 Facts About Joanne Cash
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Joanne Cash was the unsuccessful Conservative Party candidate for Westminster North in the 2010 general election.
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Joanne Cash's mother was a newsagent, while her father held various jobs, sometimes up to three at once.
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Joanne Cash has a brother who is an NHS doctor, and a sister who is a teacher.
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Joanne Cash read English Literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
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Joanne Cash was elected Librarian of the Oxford Union, but failed in her bid for its presidency.
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Joanne Cash was called to the Bar in 1994 as a member of Gray's Inn, and became a tenant at Farrars' Building.
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In 2005, Joanne Cash successfully represented an innocent man dubbed "the lotto rapist" in error by the Sunday Mirror winning her client considerable damages.
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Joanne Cash hosted a debate for Policy Exchange on libel reform, believing that libel tourism ought to be curbed.
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Joanne Cash has represented a number of clients, including Elle Macpherson and Trudie Styler.
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Joanne Cash was called a "freedom fighter" in an Observer article in 2009.
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Joanne Cash worked with Policy Exchange the centre-right think tank to formulate policy proposals and to provide input on media issues, and enlisted governmental support from then Shadow Justice Secretary Dominic Grieve for libel reform.
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Joanne Cash is a key Tory activist for libel reform and free speech.
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Joanne Cash was selected to fight her local seat, Westminster North, the first and only seat she had applied for, in November 2006, four months before she met her husband Octavius.
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Joanne Cash spoke to the magazine about welfare reform, arguing that teenagers need more welfare support for staying in education, not for getting pregnant.
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Joanne Cash was described by The Times in February 2009 as "one to watch".
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In February 2010, Joanne Cash disagreed with members of her constituency association over strategies to win the seat, with the result that David Cameron, the leader of the party but not yet prime minister, intervened to sack Amanda Sayers, chair of the Westminster North Conservative Association.
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Joanne Cash then commented on her Twitter page that her opponents were "dinosaurs".
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Joanne Cash failed to gain the new seat from the incumbent Labour member for Regent's Park and Kensington North, Karen Buck.
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In December 2007, Joanne Cash married Octavius Black, the founder and managing director of The Mind Gym.