Cases in which he has been engaged include appeals involving trade unions, libel, contract and tort as well as criminal law.
The passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 removed his automatic right to sit in parliament, and he was excluded on 11 November 1999.
[4] A review in the Jamaica Gleaner stated: "Lord Gifford, a lifelong human-rights lawyer and advocate for the freedom struggle, has done more than his fair share to better the lot of the world's oppressed.
The book really is an important study in the power of law, contemporary history and politics, international relations, slavery, and the resultant modern-day racism it bred.
[11][12][13] Raising the issue in debate at the House of Lords on 14 March 1996, Gifford asked "Her Majesty's Government whether they will make appropriate reparation to African nations and to the descendants of Africans for the damage caused by the slave trade and the practice of slavery".