A disgraced human rights lawyer who pursued British soldiers over fake war crimes in Iraq has been stripped of four awards presented to him by legal and justice groups, The Telegraph can reveal.

Phil Shiner, 67, admitted three counts of fraud to secure £200,000 to try to fund a judicial review into fake war crimes, the court heard. Judge Christopher Hehir, sitting at Southwark Crown ...

Phil Shiner, 67, pursued cases against soldiers accused of ill treating Iraqi detainees after the 2003 Iraq War. Robert Campbell faced a manslaughter charge because of a false story brought ...

Phil Shiner, 67, of Birmingham, was the principal solicitor of the law firm Public Interest Lawyers. He gained prominence for representing Iraqi civilians who alleged British soldiers had tortured ...

Former human rights lawyer Philip Shiner has pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud linked to claims made against Iraq war veterans. Shiner, 67, led the pursuit of legal claims against British ...

Phil Shiner, who was the principal solicitor of the law firm Public Interest Lawyers, was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 at a tribunal after being found guilty of misconduct and dishonesty ...

Former human rights lawyer Philip Shiner has appeared in court to deny fraud charges relating to claims made against Iraq War veterans. Shiner faces three allegations of dishonesty dating back ...

Phil Shiner was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 (Yui Mok/PA) A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over fraud charges linked to false abuse claims made against British troops in Iraq.

But Shiner hid the fact he paid middle-men to cold call so-called victims, who cooked up claims of torture and murder by Brit forces. Shiner’s now defunct firm Public Interest Lawyers took more ...

Phil Shiner, 67, admitted that an agent acting on his behalf had been cold-calling potential clients in Iraq. He also admitted paying referral fees, both of which were in contravention of the ...