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Marguerite Russell


Background

Marguerite is particularly interested in human rights issues and has been interested in developing international practice links in this area. In Canada she was involved in the successful same-sex marriage litigation and has been involved in other litigation regarding women’s rights.

She was an invited speaker at a symposium organised for Madame Justice L’Hereux-Dube on her retirement from the Canadian Supreme Court. She has also taught advocacy courses at university level, advised Labour MPs on domestic violence, abortion, embryo experimentation and reproduction technologies.

She has given many lectures and seminars on women and surrogacy, crime, abortion and violence against women to such groups as the European Parliament Socialist Group, the LSUC Sexual Orientation Group, the Vancouver Law Union, WindsorUniversity, and the Ottawa Criminal Law Reform Association International Conference

Marguerite acted as an international observer for the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) during the 1990 Oka crisis in Canada. She assisted in preparing case summaries for a legal computer database and lectured to the Canadian Bar Association/LSUC Sexual Orientation and Equality Rights.

Practice

All major Crown Court crime, including the Ricin “terrorism” Case, murder, manslaughter, robbery, conspiracy to cause explosions, public order, fraud and drugs cases. Some notable cases apart from the Ricin case include The Bradford 12, The Orgreave (Miners) Trial, The Strangeways Prison Riot Trial, The Whitemoor Escape Trial, The Electricity sub-Station Conspiracy to Cause Explosions Trial and The Thomas Adams Drugs conspiracy Trial.

Over the last 15 years she has acted as a leading junior in a large number of cases.

Other areas of work include: sex discrimination in employment and elsewhere and civil actions against the police.

Marguerite was counsel to the Macdonald inquiry (racism in education).

Marguerite is particularly interested in issues concerning expert evidence and human rights issues and has been interested in developing international practice links in this area.

Publications

  • 'The Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights on Privacy in Canada' chapter in Developing Key Privacy Rights (Hart Publishing, 2002)
  • 'Towards Global Equality' (LSUC, 2002)
  • Peer reviewer for Are We 'Persons' Yet? Law and Sexuality in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 1999).
  • Article on women and criminal law for Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (1990). Book review for Queen's Quarterly, 1989.

Notable Cases

The Ricin Conspiracy case, Conspiracy to Manufacture Firearms [Salih and others]The Whitemoor Escape Trial, The Electricity sub-Station Conspiracy to Cause Explosions Trial and the Adams Drugs conspiracy Trial. The Bradford 12, The Orgreave (Miners) Trial, The Strangeways Prison Riot Trial, Stonehenge and Greenham Common.

Societies

Bar Lesbian and Gay Group (BLAGG) and Criminal Bar Association.

 Marguerite Russell

Year of Call
1972

Education
LLM, Barrister and Solicitor (Ontario)

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Telephone
020 7993 7843

Practice Areas
Marguerite Russell is a member of the following Practice Areas:
- Claims Against The Police & Public Authorities
- Crime

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