Leonard Caplan, QC (28 June 1909 – 18 January 2001) was a British barrister.
[1] Caplan was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1935.
He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1954, the youngest to take silk that year.
One of his most famous cases was Chaplin v Boys, in which he appeared for the successful respondent.
A Conservative, Caplan unsuccessfully contested Pontypool in 1935, Hammersmith North in 1945, and Kensington North in 1950 and 1951. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp147292/leonard-caplan