Louis Blom-Cooper

Sir Louis Jacques Blom-Cooper QC FKC (27 March 1926 – 19 September 2018) was an English author and lawyer specialising in public and administrative law.

[4] In 2002 modern testing of DNA from Hanratty's exhumed corpse convinced Court of Appeal judges that his guilt was proved "beyond doubt".

When this failed, he relied on European Convention on Human Rights#Article 10—right to freedom of expression and the newly formulated defence of Qualified privilege—provided good practice was followed it was acceptable to get things wrong.

Despite this, solicitor Gareth Peirce accused Blom-Cooper of "shoddy research" and "total nonsense" in respect of the book.

Blom-Cooper also took part in a small committee of individuals who helped carry through the appeal which led to Amnesty International.

He was also a Patron of Prisoners Abroad a registered charity which supports Britons who are held overseas, and was a trustee of the Howard League for Penal Reform.