Jeremy McMullen QC (14 September 1948 – 10 February 2015) was a trade unionist and barrister who went on to be a Circuit Judge.
He was an expert on employment law[1] and workers' rights who acted for clients as diverse as Conservative Party politician Dame Shirley Porter and the trade unionist Arthur Scargill.
McMullen was born on 14 September 1948 in Blackpool, the elder of two children of John, a businessman, and Irene, a teacher.
[3] He fought for trade union recognition at the Chix bubble gum factory in Slough and during the Grunwick dispute.
[2] From 1985, he appeared in several high-profile cases, obtaining an acquittal for officers of Westminster City Council caught up in the homes for votes gerrymandering scandal.