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

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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

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in 1935, Hammersmith North in 1945, and

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in 1950 and 1951.

Arms

References

* 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Caplan, Leonard 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 21st-century British Jews Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War II Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Members of Gray's Inn