User:Moonraker/Lady Camilla Bloch
Lady Camilla Bloch QC (born 30 June 1970) is a British barrister. Before her marriage in 1998 she was Lady Camilla Bingham.
Born in Paddington,[1] Lady Camilla is the daughter of Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and his wife Veronica Mary Duncan. She was educated at St Swithun's School, Winchester, and Balliol College, Oxford, then was admitted to the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1996. On 12 September 1998 she married Michael Gordon Bloch,[2] a fellow barrister and QC,[3] at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, Belgravia.[4] At the wedding, their three page-boys all wore court dress, including barrister's wigs.[5]
Bloch's legal practice is in corporate and commercial law, on cases arising in England and Wales and overseas, in arbitration as well as litigation. She specialzes in issues concerning jurisdiction and conflict of laws and is a contributor to '"Gore-Browne on Companies. She is also a member of the bars of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean, and her name is on the Register of Practitioners (Part II) in Dubai.[6] She was a director of SHM Property Management Ltd from 1999 to 2006[7] and was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2013.[8]
In March 2002 Bloch announced the birth of her first child. She now has four sons, Cameron Charles, born 2002,[9] Angus John Patrick, 2003, Oliver Michael, 2006, and Elliot George, 2010, as well as two step-daughters, Susy and Claudia, from her husband's previous marriage.[5]
Bloch has spoken out agsinst those who accuse her father of being a murderer. In 2013 she commented on a new television dramatization of his story "As a lawyer I hope it's not old-fashioned to point out that my father never stood trial. It is unfortunate that he is regularly referred to – in almost factual terms – as a murderer. He has never been able to defend himself and the evidence was not conclusive. It was circumstantial."[10]
When Bloch's mother, Lady Lucan, died in 2017, she stated in her will that she was leaving nothing to her children because of "lack of good manners".[11]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Register of Births for Paddington Registration District, volume 5D (1970), p. 1,977: BINGHAM, Camilla
- ^ Burke's Peerage volume 2 (2003), p. 2,423
- ^ "Michael Gordon BLOCH" in Debrett's People of Today, accessed 18 August 2014
- ^ UK Lord Lucan's son arrested at BBC.co.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ a b Lady CAMILLA BINGHAM Barrister (Daughter of 7th Earl of Lucan, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances nearly 24 years ago) With her new husband MICHAEL BLOCH QC Barrister at diomedia.com, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ Camilla Bingham QC Barrister Call 1996 QC 2013 at oeclaw.co.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ Camilla BLOCH at companieshouse.gov.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ http://www.oeclaw.co.uk/news/cavendish-square-holding-bv-v-talal-el-makdessi-parkingeye-limited Supreme Court Declines to Abolish Penalty Doctrine] at oeclaw.co.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ Daughter of Lord Lucan gives birth to baby boy dated 24 March 2002 at Scotsman.com
- ^ Dominic Gover, "Lord Lucan TV Drama Condemned by Aristocrat's Daughter" dated November 4, 2013, at ibtimes.co.uk
- ^ Francesca Marshall, Lady Lucan cut her children out of her will because of 'lack of good manners', probate document reveals dated 18 January 2018 in The Daily Telegraph at telegraph.co.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
DEFAULTSORT:Bloch, Camilla Category:1970 births Category:People educated at St Swithun's School, Winchester Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Category:Members of the Inner Temple Category:British Queen's Counsel Category:English barristers