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Lawyers

Richard Black

Slater and Gordon, North West

Work Department

Criminal and misconduct department. Crime-general; criminal defence; police misconduct; inquest and coroners court.

Position

Principal lawyer, criminal and misconduct. Salaried principal lawyer January 2010. Solicitor, admitted 1993. Criminal litigation (defence), coroners court, police disciplinary.

Career

Trained Russell & Russell, Bolton; qualified 1993. General criminal practitioner, left as partner in 2000. Joined Russell Jones & Walker, criminal and disciplinary – police federation, 2001.

Languages

French (fluent), Russian, Italian.

Education

Manchester Grammar School (1977-84); Cardiff University (1988 LLB); College of Law, York (1990 Law Society Finals).