Leonard Caplan, QC (28 June 1909 – 18 January 2001) was a British barrister. He was described by an obituarist as "among the finest advocates of his generation".
Life and legal career
Caplan was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1935. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1954, the youngest to take silk that year.
One of his most famous cases was Chaplin v Boys, in which he appeared for the successful respondent.
Political career
A Conservative, Caplan unsuccessfully contested Pontypool in 1935, Hammersmith North in 1945, and Kensington North in 1950 and 1951.
References
- "Leonard Caplan". The Telegraph. 8 February 2001.
- https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-10121?rskey=YN9VtW&result=1
- https://academic.oup.com/liverpool-scholarship-online/book/38004/chapter-abstract/332559648?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- https://goughsq.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pupillage-brochure-Sept-2016.pdf
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002581727904700401
External links
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp147292/leonard-caplan
Categories:- 1906 births
- 2001 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- British King's Counsel
- 20th-century King's Counsel
- 21st-century King's Counsel
- 20th-century British Jews
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- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Members of Gray's Inn