Dr Robin Callender Smith Email and Phone Number
I am an author at ARBITA, the publisher of my historical novels as Kindle eBooks on Amazon. I am also a media lawyer specialising in defamation, data protection, confidential information issues and privacy law. I work as a rota lawyer for The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Times and The Sunday Times.I am Honorary Professor of Media Law at Queen Mary, University of London's Centre for Commercial Law Studies after completing a late-life PhD there 10 years ago.I worked as a Tribunal Judge dealing with Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Immigration and Asylum, Mental Health and - as a Deputy District Judge - crime in London and on the South East circuit. I wrote the practitioners textbook “Celebrity and Royal Privacy, the Media and the Law” and was an editor of the Encyclopaedia of Data Protection and Privacy. I was a Deputy Chairman of the FCA's Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), a former member of OFGEM's independent Enforcement Decision Panel and a Lay Member of the Executive Board of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). I led a Council of Europe team of experts dealing with Open Justice, privacy and transparency measures to improve access to judicial decisions in Kazakhstan.I was educated in Scotland, New Zealand, England - at Gresham's School, Norfolk - and the USA at The Taft School, Conn, as an English-Speaking Union scholar. I worked as a journalist for 4 years before gaining my Law Degree at Queen Mary, University of London in 1973 and then my Bar Finals in 1974. I am a past member of the Bar Council of England & Wales and Gray’s Inn Barristers’ Committee.Specialties: Data privacy, confidential information, media law & reputation management and writing historical fiction based on real characters and events. My real life experiences as a former journalist, lawyer and judge provide a wellspring of source material.
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Scl Panel AdjudicatorScl - Society For Computers And Law Apr 2020 - PresentLondon, England Metropolitan Area -
Arbitrator, Mediator And AdjudicatorArbita Feb 2017 - PresentLondon, United KingdomARBITA
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Honorary Professor Of Media LawQueen Mary University Of London Jun 2018 - PresentLondon, United Kingdom -
Visiting Professorial Fellow In Media LawQueen Mary University Of London Mar 2015 - Oct 2019Centre For Commercial Law Studies 67-69 Lincoln'S Inn Fields, London Wc2A 3Jb
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Newspaper LawyerBarrister And Specialist Financial And Tmt Arbitrator, Mediator And Adjudicator May 1976 - PresentLondon, United KingdomI have over 45 years of experience as a pre-production media lawyer– dealing with libel, contempt, copyright, privacy issues and reporting restrictions – working now with the editors of News Group's Sun and Sun on Sunday as well as The Times and The Sunday Times and with TalkTV. -
Adjudicator: Consumer Complaints Resolution SchemeQatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (Qfcra) Jul 2013 - PresentQatar -
Member, Enforcement Decision Panel, OfgemOfgem Apr 2014 - Jul 2017MillbankThe Enforcement Decision Panel (EDP) is an independent body within Ofgem. It is the decision-maker for contested cases on behalf of the Ofgem Board to protect consumers, facilitate competition and ensure the integrity of the wholesale energy market. -
Lay Member Of The Executive Board Of The Chartered Insurance InstituteChartered Insurance Institute Oct 2013 - May 2017LondonAlso, Lay Member of CII's Professional Standards Board from January 2015 -
Legally Qualified Chair Of The Independent Code Adjudication Panel (Cap)Phone-Paid Services Authority Jul 2011 - May 2017The Phone-paid Services Authority regulates premium rate phone-paid services in the UK after designation by Ofcom under the Communications Act 2003.In June 2016 I was appointed as one of the Chairs of the Independent Code Adjudication Panel, making decisions under PPP's new, 14th Code. For the five years before, from July 2011, I was Chair of PhonepayPlus's (somewhat under-used) Independent Appeals Body (IAB). -
Part Time JudgeMinistry Of Justice Sep 2004 - Feb 2017Until I retired in February 2017 - statutorily required on my 70th birthday - I was an Information Rights Judge (dealing with Freedom of Information and Data Protection Act appeals) an Immigration Judge and one of six Judges in the General Regulatory Chamber appointed to deal with appeals from The Pensions Regulator (TPR). I was a Mental Health Judge and Deputy District Judge (Crime) from 2004 - 2011. -
Deputy Chairman, Regulatory Decisions CommitteeFinancial Conduct Authority Dec 2005 - Dec 2014The Regulatory Decisions Committee deals with allegations of market abuse and fitness to operate in the financial services sector -
Visiting LecturerQmul Centre For Commercial Law Studies 2010 - Nov 2014
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AdjudicatorOffice Nov 2013 - Mar 2014OftAdjudicator in respect of s.25 Consumer Credit Act 1974 in "minded to revoke" or "minded to refuse" issues in Consumer Credit Licence cases which - from 1 April 2014 - is dealt with by the FCA/RDC. My work in this area concentrated on appropriate business methods of Pay Day loan suppliers and the enforcement provisions within the industry.
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Youth Justices' ClerkHm Courts Service Jan 1999 - Jan 2007• For nearly 8 years I was responsible for all youth law issues – administrative, judicial and political – at Thames Magistrates’ Court as Youth Justices’ Clerk. Nearly 3% of all the youth crime in England and Wales comes from the work at this court centre (from Camden, Hackney, Islington, Tower Hamlets and the City of London). This post has involved significant contact with successive Home Secretaries, the Attorney General, the Youth Justice Board, the Department for Constitutional Affairs, the Judicial Studies Board and the Chief Executives of borough and pan-London agencies together with work personally chairing area inter-agency criminal justice groups.
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Principal Crown ProsecutorCrown Prosecution Service (Cps) London Apr 1991 - Jan 1999 For nearly 8 years from 1991 1999 I worked with the Crown Prosecution Service in London. I was the lead lawyer in prosecutions related to the national organiser of the British National Party (BNP), the stabbing and robbery of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) husband, the murder of the West London head teacher Philip Lawrence and the canal bank rape of an Austrian tourist by seven youths. I led/managed a team of 20 prosecuting lawyers and 40 administrative staff and dealt with visits from and briefings to Ministers and senior politicians.
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DirectorShandwick Consultants Plc Jan 1981 - Apr 1991 For 10 years from 1981 1991 I was a City-based consultant specialising in defending companies facing contested take-overs and amalgamations and dealing with corporate crisis management. From 1984 1989 I was a director of Shandwick Consultants plc where, in addition to client responsibilities (including Ernst & Young, Slaughter and May, 3i, Dixons plc, TI Group plc and Norcross plc) I was Compliance Officer and latterly Company Secretary for Shandwick UK plc. -
BarristerSelf-Employed Jul 1977 - Jan 1981 I practised as a barrister for 5 years from 1977 doing general common law work as a tenant at 3 Hare Court, Middle Temple Lane, EC4. I dealt with criminal defence and prosecution work at the Crown Court, Divisional Court and Court of Appeal as well as common law work within the Queens Bench, Family and Chancery Divisions of the High Court.
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Senior Law LecturerHarlow College, Essex May 1974 - Jul 1977 For 3 years I was senior law lecturer at Harlow College, Essex, from 1974. During this time I taught press law to post-graduate journalism students (including Alan Rusbridger / editor of The Guardian and Frances Gibb / legal correspondent of The Times). I also wrote Press Law (Sweet & Maxwell 1977).
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JournalistEastern Counties Newspapers Plc Sep 1966 - Sep 1970 I worked as a journalist for the Eastern Daily Press and Eastern Evening News in East Anglia for 4 years before starting my legal studies.
Dr Robin Callender Smith Skills
Dr Robin Callender Smith Education Details
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Chartered Institute Of ArbitratorsCompleted -
Completed 6 November 2014 And Passed With No Corrections
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Distinction
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Inns Of Court School Of LawLaw
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The Taft School, Watertown, ConnEast Asian History And American History
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Gresham'S School, Holt, NorfolkEnglish, History And Geography
Frequently Asked Questions about Dr Robin Callender Smith
What company does Dr Robin Callender Smith work for?
Dr Robin Callender Smith works for Scl - Society For Computers And Law
What is Dr Robin Callender Smith's role at the current company?
Dr Robin Callender Smith's current role is Author@ ARBITA + Honorary Professor of Media Law @ QMUL.
What schools did Dr Robin Callender Smith attend?
Dr Robin Callender Smith attended Queen Mary University Of London, Chartered Institute Of Arbitrators, Queen Mary, U. Of London, Queen Mary, U. Of London, Inns Of Court School Of Law, Queen Mary, U. Of London, The Taft School, Watertown, Conn, Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk.
What skills is Dr Robin Callender Smith known for?
Dr Robin Callender Smith has skills like Privacy Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Journalism, Cyberlaw, Corporate Governance, Writing, Appeals, Newspaper, Strategic Communications, Legal Research, Criminal Justice.
Who are Dr Robin Callender Smith's colleagues?
Dr Robin Callender Smith's colleagues are Katarina Watson, Emmanuel K. Ohwaguono, Maddie Southorn, Simon Forrester, Daniel Heymann.
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