Michael Beloff
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The Honourable Michael Jacob Beloff QC
Queen's Counsel
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(b. 1942) is a prominent English barrister
Barrister
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. His adoption of the title or style "The Honourable" is a consequence of his father Max Beloff, Baron Beloff
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingham.-Early life:...

, having been awarded a life peerage in 1981. A member of Blackstone Chambers
Blackstone Chambers
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, Beloff practises in a number of areas including human rights and administrative law.

Career

He was educated at the Dragon School
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...

, Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
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, and was President of the Union
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. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn
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, where he later became a Bencher
Bencher
A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales. Benchers hold office for life once elected. A bencher can be elected while still a barrister , in recognition of the contribution that the barrister has made to the life of the Inn or to the law...

 and was the Treasurer for 2008.

He served as President of Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
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 from 1996 to 2006, when he handed over tenure to Ivor Roberts
Ivor Roberts (ambassador)
Sir Ivor Anthony Roberts, KCMG, MA Oxford, FCIL is President of Trinity College, Oxford and was formerly British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Italy...

.

Since 1995 he has been a member of the Jersey Court of Appeal and the Guernsey Court of Appeal.

He recently represented Fulham
Fulham F.C.
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 in the Independent Arbitration Panel for the case Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
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 v FA Premier League
FA Premier League
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. On 3 July 2007, the panel dismissed the claim by Fulham F.C. and Sheffield United F.C.

The term Plate glass university
Plate glass university
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stems from the title of his book "The Plateglass Universities" (1970).

Sources

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