Registered Interests
Registered Interests for Lord Macdonald of River Glaven.
The Register is updated continuously throughout each sitting day and at regular intervals on other days.
Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Practising barrister (King's Counsel)
- Deputy High Court Judge
- Income from articles written for national press, particularly Times and Guardian
- Chair of Inquiry Commission into 2020 arrest, detention and subsequent treatment of Zhanbolat Mamay (leader of Democratic Party of Kazakhstan) in Republic of Kazakhstan
- Senior Adviser (legal and strategic advice), Black Box Global Ltd (security and protection services) (interest ceased 13 September 2024)
- Senior Adviser (legal and strategic advice), Adam Management Holdings Ltd (facilities management, tech and commodities services)
Category 7: Overseas visits
- Visit to Israel, 2-5 January 2024, for meetings with President Herzog, government and opposition politicians, security officials, families of hostages and clinicians; flights, accommodation and meals paid for by European Leadership Network
Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Adviser on university sector to Avicenna Foundation (educational charity providing scholarships to British undergraduates at British universities)
Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)
- Honorary Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford
- Honorary Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- Bencher, Inner Temple
Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)
- President, Howard League for Penal Reform
Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Chair, The Orwell Foundation (formerly The Orwell Prize)