# Malcolm Bishop > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malcolm_Bishop > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Malcolm_Bishop.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bishop > Source revision: 1311480587 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Welsh lawyer and translator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{BLP more sources|date=November 2019}} '''Malcolm Leslie Bishop''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KC}} (born 9 October 1944) is a [Welsh](/source/United_Kingdom) lawyer and translator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/6-april/features/interviews/interview-malcolm-bishop-lawyer-and-translator|title=Interview: Malcolm Bishop, lawyer and translator|last=|first=|date=|website=[Church Times](/source/Church_Times)|access-date=28 November 2019}} Bishop was educated at [Ruabon Grammar School](/source/Ruabon_Grammar_School) and [Regent's Park College, Oxford](/source/Regent's_Park_College%2C_Oxford), of which he is now Honorary Standing Counsel. He was [called to the Bar](/source/Call_to_the_Bar) in 1968 and is now a Kings's Counsel. He serves as a [Deputy High Court Judge](/source/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)), [Recorder](/source/Recorder_(judge)) of the [Crown Court](/source/Crown_Court), Chairman of the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man) Legal Services Commission, Bencher of the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple), and a member of the Family Law Bar Association Committee and he was formerly a member of the [Bar Council](/source/Bar_Council). He has also been a [Prospective parliamentary candidate](/source/Prospective_parliamentary_candidate) for the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)), standing for [Bath](/source/Bath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in [February 1974](/source/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election) and [October 1974](/source/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election). As an advocate he has taken part in several notable criminal trials, including ''R v Carty'', a gang-related shooting in Birmingham, ''R v Sivakumar'', which was the longest murder trial ever heard at the [Old Bailey](/source/Old_Bailey), and ''R v Moinul Abedin'', in which the defendant was convicted of plotting explosions. Bishop is a [Welsh-speaker](/source/Welsh_language) and it was claimed that [Rhodri Morgan](/source/Rhodri_Morgan), [First Minister for Wales](/source/First_Minister_for_Wales), had chosen him as his preferred candidate for the post of Counsel General to the [National Assembly for Wales](/source/National_Assembly_for_Wales) (now called [Counsel General for Wales](/source/Counsel_General_for_Wales)) in succession to [Winston Roddick](/source/Winston_Roddick), QC, in 2004. [Rhodri Morgan](/source/Rhodri_Morgan) said that he did not know Bishop, had never met him, and had never even spoken to him. In his application for the job Bishop had submitted a reference from [Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg](/source/Derry_Irvine%2C_Baron_Irvine_of_Lairg), who had recently stepped down as [Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain](/source/Lord_Chancellor).{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3530987.stm|title = Morgan 'blocked' QC appointment|date = 4 March 2004}} Bishop has worked on translating several gospels from [Greek](/source/Biblical_Greek),{{Cite web|url=https://suntci.com/sipt-defence-attorney-malcolm-bishop-qc-translates-the-word-of-god-p4129-129.htm|title=SIPT defence attorney Malcolm Bishop, QC, translates the Word of God|last=|first=|date=|website=Turks And Caicos SUN|access-date=28 November 2019}} including [St. John's Gospel](/source/St._John's_Gospel),{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/11/books-of-the-year-part-two-2/|title=Books of the year – part two|last=|first=|date=16 November 2019|website=[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)|language=en-US|access-date=28 November 2019}} the [Book of Revelation](/source/Book_of_Revelation), and the [Gospel of Mark](/source/Gospel_of_Mark). On 1 September 2024, he became the first openly gay Lord Chief Justice and President of the Land Court of the [Kingdom of Tonga](/source/Kingdom_of_Tonga).{{cite web |title=Tonga Law Society members launch petition to remove Kingdom's first openly gay chief justice |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/527489/tonga-law-society-members-launch-petition-to-remove-kingdom-s-first-openly-gay-chief-justice |website=[RNZ](/source/RNZ) |access-date=9 September 2024 |date=9 September 2024|last1=Fotheringham|first1=Caleb}} == Personal life == Bishop's partner of 51 years was Anthony Vander Woerd, a British businessman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/british-businessman-shot-killed-front-3513313|title=British businessman shot and killed in front of partner in Caribbean|last1=Coles|first1=Jonathan|last2=Shaw|first2=Neil|date=7 November 2019|website=GloucestershireLive|access-date=28 November 2019}} Woerd was killed by armed robbers in the [Turks and Caicos Islands](/source/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands) in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/bath-man-dies-after-being-3513356|title=Man dies after being shot by masked robbers on island holiday|last=Britten|first=Elise|date=7 November 2019|website=GloucestershireLive|access-date=28 November 2019}} == References == {{reflist}} == Sources == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041112234449/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/monrep/wales/wales_february_2004.pdf ''Nations and Regions: The Dynamics of Devolution, Quarterly Monitoring Programme, Wales, Quarterly Report February 2004'', p. 2] * [https://www.theguardian.com/terrorism/story/0,12780,1183303,00.html Richard Norton-Taylor, 'Arrests point to radical new threat', ''The Guardian'', 1 April 2004] * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3530987.stm Morgan 'blocked' QC appointment, BBC, 4 March 2004] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622095544/http://2pb.co.uk/barristers.php?id=22 2 Paper Buildings The Chambers of Sir Desmond de Silva, QC] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071102140519/http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2007/09/an-end-to-godli.html Ruth Gledhill, 'An end to 'godliness' at Oxford', ''The Times'', 19 September 2007, including a reply posted by Malcolm Bishop, QC on 22 September 2007] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Malcolm}} Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Regent's Park College, Oxford Category:21st-century English judges Category:People from Oxford Category:Members of the Middle Temple Category:Welsh Labour politicians Category:1944 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Welsh King's Counsel Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Ruabon Grammar School Category:LGBTQ judges Category:British LGBTQ lawyers {{UK-law-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Malcolm Bishop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bishop) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bishop?action=history)). 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