Lord John Taylor of Warwick

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Biography from his own website:


Biography

LAW

  • 1976 - BA (Hons) Law Degree
  • 1978 - Gray's Inn Advocacy Award winner
  • 1978 - Called to the Bar, Barrister-at-Law
  • 1997 - Appointed by Lord Chancellor as Judge
  • 1999 - Honorary Doctorate in Law, LLD, Warwick University

CORPORATE ACTIVITIES

  • Non-executive Director, Mottram Holdings plc
  • Consultant, Kleinwort Benson Bank
  • Chancellor, Bournemouth University
  • Chairman, Warwick Communications Ltd
  • Vice President, National Small Business Bureau
  • Vice President, British Board of Film Classification

KEYNOTE SPEECHES INCLUDE

   * Keynote Speaker, National MBA Business Conference, Detroit, USA
   * Keynote Speaker, 50th Human Rights Conference, Moscow, Russia
   * International Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, United Nations, New York

MEDIA

  • TV and Radio Presenter, Crime Stalker (Carlton TV), Talk About (BBC1), The John Taylor Programme (BBC Radio2), Powerhouse (Channel 4)

POLITICS

  • 1986-90 - Solihull Borough Councillor
  • 1990-91 - Special Adviser to the Home Secretary and Ministers of State
  • 1992 - Parliamentary Candidate for Cheltenham
  • 1996 - Life Peerage
  • 1997 - Introduced and carried through the Criminal Evidence Amendment Act 1997

COMMUNITY

  • 1992-4 Non Executive Director, North West Thames Regional Health Authority
  • Former Warwickshire Colts County Cricketer
   * England International Parliamentary Soccer XI
   * Former Aston Villa FC Youth Team
   * Committee member, Royal Television Society
   * Committee member, Variety Club Children's Charity
   * Committee member, Radio Academy
   * Patron, Parents for Children Charity
   * Patron, Kidscape
   * Committee member, SCAR (Sickle Cell Anaemia Relief)
   * President, African Caribbean Westminster Business Initiative
   * President, West Indian Senior Citizens' Association
   * President, Ilford Town Football Club
   * Director, The Warwick Leadership Foundation
   * Patron, Aston Villa Football Club<ref>[1]<ref>


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