Allan Green (barrister)

Sir Allan Green, KCB QC is a barrister in England and Wales. He was Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales and second head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 1987 to 1991.

He was called to the bar in 1959 and rose to become a recorder (part-time judge) in 1979. After a successful career as a prosecutor he resigned from the bench to become Director of Public Prosecutions in 1987. In this role he was responsible for the majority of criminal prosecutions in England, and in his term of office he had to deal with the appeals against conviction of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. He resigned in October 1991 when he was cautioned by the police for soliciting prostitutes in Kings Cross, London. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/198863.stm BBC News | UK | CPS names new boss ] ] His wife committed suicide around this time.

He continued with his career however, both prosecuting and defending in important cases, particularly murders. Between 2000 and 2004 he represented 10 British soldiers in the inquiry into the Bloody Sunday massacre (when 27 people were shot, 14 fatally, by British troops in Northern Ireland in 1972). [ [http://www.irlandinit-hd.de/main_chap/bs30.htm Irlandinitiative Heidelberg - 30th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Derry, 13.11.2001 to 27.01.2002 ] ]

In answer to a question in Parliament in 2005 the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said that Sir Allan had been paid £1.5 million for his work on the inquiry. [ [http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050125/text/50125w31.htm House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 Jan 2005 (pt 31) ] ]

He is a member of Inner Temple and a practising barrister in London.

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