Lady Camilla Bloch KC (née Bingham; born 30 June 1970) is a British barrister.
Her practice is in corporate and commercial law, in litigation and arbitration, specialising in jurisdiction and conflict of laws. She works mostly in England and Wales and is also a member of the bars of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean.
Background and early life[edit]
Lady Camilla is the daughter of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and his wife Veronica Mary Duncan (1937–2017). Her father disappeared in November 1974 after the murder of the family nanny Sandra Rivett.[1] 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.
Career[edit]
Lady Camilla is a member of the One Essex Court chambers. Her legal practice is in corporate and commercial law, on cases arising in England and Wales and overseas, in arbitration as well as litigation. She specializes 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.[2]
She was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2013.[3][4]
Personal life[edit]
On 12 September 1998 she married Michael Bloch KC,[5] also a barrister,[6] at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, Belgravia.[7] At the wedding, their three page-boys all wore court dress, including barristers' wigs.[8]
In March 2002, Lady Camilla announced the birth of her first child. She has four sons,[9] as well as two step-daughters from her husband's previous marriage.[8]
When Lady Camilla's mother, Lady Lucan, died in 2017, she stated in her will that she was leaving all her money to Shelter because of her children's "lack of good manners", having not spoken to them since the 1980s. Her brother George commented "I applaud the decision".[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Murdered nanny's son claims Lord Lucan was alive in 2002". The Independent. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Camilla Bingham QC | One Essex Court | OEC". www.oeclaw.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Camilla was called to the bar in 1996 and took silk in 2013. She has also been called to the Bar of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, the Bar of the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean (Virgin Islands) and is registered with DIFC on the Register of Practitioners (Part II) in Dubai. Camilla's practice covers the broad spectrum of company and commercial law arising both domestically and internationally in litigation and arbitration. She has particular expertise in issues concerning jurisdiction and conflict of laws and she is a contributor to Gore-Browne on Companies.
- ^ Supreme Court Declines to Abolish Penalty Doctrine at oeclaw.co.uk, accessed 25 February 2018
- ^ "Camilla Bingham KC". One Essex Court. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ 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". BBC News. 16 September 1998. Retrieved 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
- ^ Daughter of Lord Lucan gives birth to baby boy dated 24 March 2002 at Scotsman.com
- ^ Marshall, Francesca (18 January 2018). "Lady Lucan cut her children out of her will because of 'lack of good manners', probate document reveals". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2018.