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- David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar KC (born 19 July 1968) is a British politician, barrister and life peer. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from December 2020 to April 2022, when he resigned from the post after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and others were found to have broken COVID-related laws by attending parties.
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David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar KC (born 19 July 1968) is a British politician, barrister and life peer. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice from December 2020 to April 2022, when he resigned from the post after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and others were found to have broken COVID-related laws by attending parties .
Dec 31, 2020 · The life peerage awarded to David Wolfson, a newly appointed junior justice minister, has been gazetted in the name, style and title of Baron Wolfson of Tredegar. He is to be introduced into the House of Lords on 7 January, 2021.
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Lord (David) Wolfson of Tredegar KC was appointed as a minister in the Ministry of Justice on 22 December 2020.
David was born in Liverpool in 1968. He went to King David High School, Liverpool and then spent a year at Yeshiva HaKotel in Jerusalem. David read Oriental Studies and Law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating in 1991.
David attended the Inns of Court School of Law, where he was awarded an Inns of Court Scholarship, as well as a Major Scholarship from the Inner Temple. David was Called to the Bar at Inner Temple in October 1992, where he is now a Bencher.
David practised in commercial law, from Chambers at One Essex Court, Temple.
David was instructed in many of the major banking and commercial disputes in recent years, and his practice extended over a broad range of commercial law, both in litigation and international arbitration. David also sat as an arbitrator in both domestic and international disputes.
Apr 13, 2022 · The justice minister David Wolfson QC has published a letter: My letter to the Prime Minister today. pic.twitter.com/lADCvKDKbB — David Wolfson (@DXW_KC) April 13, 2022. He is (at least) the third senior legal figure to resign from this government in respect of the Rule of Law.
Apr 14, 2022 · In a letter to Mr Johnson, Lord David Wolfson criticised the "official response" to "repeated rule-breaking". He is the first person to quit the government since reports of lockdown parties...
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar's full title is The Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC. His name is David Wolfson, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Sep 5, 2022 · David Wolfson QC, Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, grew up in Liverpool. He is a Liverpool fan and when we meet, Liverpool has just won the FA Cup. When I ask what he was doing on Saturday afternoon, Cup Final day, the answer strikes a rich vein.
