Laurie West-Knights QC
Live in
Chiswick, West London.
3 wonderful children: Imogen (19, in her second year at Oxford, got a First last year, and is hence now a Scholar, and is also Co-President-elect of the Oxford Revue);
Freddie (17, 6 ft 6 and in his last year at school where he is a King's Scholar); and the fast growing up Honor (10).
Interests include shooting, motorcycling, scuba diving, skiing, sailing and watching cricket.
Spent 15 years in the Royal Naval Reserve - joined as an ordinary Seaman, retired in 1994 as a Lieutenant Commander. During that time had the unlikely experience of commanding HMS HUNTER with the BBC Radio One Roadshow on board, live on Radio 1 for much of the day for a week, visiting places where HM Ships rarely if ever venture such as St Ives, Bude, Lundy Island, Padstow and Bideford. Even found myself in a whole page picture in the Radio Times with Steve Wright and Simon Bates (both of whom were very genuine and entertaining people).
From 1996 campaigned endlessly for a website containing all case law, free at the point of use following the Australian model, and co-founded with Brooke LJ (as he then was) and Lord Saville what is now, and has for 12 years been, BAILII at http://www.bailii.org/. More about that here.
I no longer have my Triumph Rocket III motorcycle, it having been written off through no fault of mine. It was a wonderful machine. Here it is. One day, probably when I move out of London, I will have another. Meantime it's 4 wheels, sadly.
Belong to the
MCC and the Bar and RNVR Yacht Clubs. PADI Rescue Diver.
Updated August 2011
mail: LJW-K QC
