Gilbert Gray, QC (25 April 1928 – 7 April 2011) was a British barrister. Described as "one of the most effective jury advocates of his generation", he was involved in many high-profile criminal trials as well as public inquiries.
Gilbert Gray was the son of Scarborough butcher and JP Robert Gray and Elizabeth Gray. He gained a first-class honours degree at the University of Leeds, where he was also president of the university's union. Called to the bar in 1953, he was made a Queen's Counsel in 1971.
Among his most famous cases were the defence of Donald Neilson, the appeal of John Poulson, the Spycatcher case, the Matrix Churchill trial, and the Brink's-Mat robbery trial. He also represented Don Revie in his case against the Football Association and the public inquiry into the sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise.
References
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gilbert-gray-qc-djl6bvz2jfm
- https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8965097.legal-world-mourns-top-york-barrister-gilbert-gray-qc/
- https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/gilbert-gray-qc
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/8472650/Gilbert-Gray.html
- https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/gilbert-gray-qc-1935102