Gareth Peirce

For the Welsh actor, see Gareth Pierce.
Gareth Peirce
Born
Jean Margaret Webb

March 1940 (1940-03) (age 84)
Cheltenham, England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford and London School of Economics
OccupationSolicitor
SpouseChamberlain Peirce
Children2

Gareth Peirce (born Jean Margaret Webb; March 1940) is a British solicitor and human rights activist. She has worked on a number of high-profile cases involving allegations of human rights injustices. Her work with Gerry Conlon and the Guildford Four – wrongly convicted of bombings carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army – was chronicled in the film In the Name of the Father (1993), in which she was portrayed by Emma Thompson.[1][2]

  1. ^ "London's Most Influential People 2008: Law". London Evening Standard. London. 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ Hostettler, John (2013). Twenty Famous Lawyers. Hook: Waterside Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-904-38098-6.