Joshua was the BBC’s Legal Correspondent for 15 years before moving to The Daily Telegraph in 2000 where he edited the paper’s legal coverage until 2008. He has been a columnist for both The Guardian and BBC Online and currently writes twice a month for The Law Society Gazette.
Joshua Rozenberg Award Winning QC
He has won the Bar Council Reporting Awards four times – including a prize for his documentary on the Supreme Court, Top Dogs, for BBC Radio 4.
He is the only journalist to have been appointed as Queen’s Counsel honoris causa. All other honorary silks since the late 19th century have been practitioners or legal academics.
He is an honorary Master of the Bench (bencher) of Gray’s Inn and a non-executive board member of the Law Commission.
In 2012, he was included by The Times in its independently-judged list of the UK’s 100 most influential lawyers, the only journalist to feature.
Joshua Rozenberg – Books
Jushua has written a number of books, including: Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society, Case for the Crown, The: Inside Story of the Director of Public Prosecutions, The Search for Justice: An Anatomy of the Law, and Privacy and the Press, hailed by critics:
“Rozenberg’s book provides a solid foundation for understanding the relevent legal issues and presents the law in a manner sophisticated enough for lawyers, yet accessible enough for a wider audience” ― King’s College Law Journal, Tanya Aplin
…a very good book, which once you start you cannot put down… the research is meticulous and the book, whilst entertaining and readable, completely accurate. …I recommend this book to lawyers, journalists, politicians and those seeking to protect their privacy. ― Jennifer McDermott, European Human Rights Law Review
… learned and entertaining survey of the whole field of media laws … This survey is valuable, as well as entertaining. ― Oxford Today: The University Magazine
… this book by Joshua Rozenberg admirably puts the case for what his fellow journalists would regard as a sensible balance between freedom from intrusion and freedom of speech – between privacy and the press. ― Media Lawyer
… provides a review of the topic that is both satisfying and entertaining. ― Media Lawyer
Joshua Rozenberg explains the tangled legal complexities with clarity and in a lively style … The arguments are finely balanced … The debate will continue and be better informed as a result of this book. ― Ham & High (Hampstead & Highgate Express)
This book shines a clear and welcome light through the undergrowth of legal concepts and principles, to which has been added the recent human rights law. It is written for anyone who wants to understand just where we are today in an area of the law that is constantly shifting. This debate can only really be understood in a legal context, to which this book provides a clear and valuable guide. ― Anna Ford, New Statesman.
witty, learned discourse. A chief pleasure of the book is its style. ― David Wurizel, Counsel
Joshua Rozenberg Public Keynote Speaker
As a public speaker, he has spoken at the prestigious EU Conference, Assises de la Justice in Brussels, where he commented on legal matters and justice in the UK. He also regularly hosts conferences and panel debates both in the UK and internationally.
Joshua was made a QC(hon) in 2016.
Photograph by Amanda Thomas, Amango Photography
