10 Facts About Michael Mansfield

Michael Mansfield was born on 12 October 1941 and is an English barrister and head of chambers at Nexus Chambers.

Michael Mansfield was recently described as "The king of human rights work" by The Legal 500 and as a leading Silk in civil liberties and human rights.

Michael Mansfield was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1967, became Queen's Counsel in 1989 and was elected as a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 2007.

Michael Mansfield is currently the president of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, and is a professor of law at City University.

In March 2019 Michael Mansfield was engaged by the family of footballer Emiliano Sala to represent their interests in the dispute over his death.

Michael Mansfield has been referred to as a "champagne socialist" though he has said that 95 per cent of his work comes from legal aid.

Michael Mansfield has been with his current wife, Yvette Greenway, a well-known snooker player, since 2015.

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Michael Mansfield signed a letter supporting Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world", and endorsed Corbyn in the 2019 UK general election.

Michael Mansfield is patron of Hastings Advice and Representation Centre, a charity providing free welfare benefit advice and representation for local people in Hastings, East Sussex and the surrounding area.

Michael Mansfield is a co-founder and trustee of the charity Silence of Suicide.