related to claims made against British soldiers in Iraq. Shiner is alleged to have failed to disclose to the Legal Aid Agency that he had engaged in cold-calling to solicit cases and had paid referral fees to agents in Iraq. It is also alleged that he committed fraud by false representation by providing an ‘untrue and misleading’ response to a question from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. In November 2022 a Trial Date was set in September 2024. Bankruptcy Shiner declared himself bankrupt in March 2017, owing almost £7 million. In February 2018, the Insolvency Service (IS) found that Shiner had sold his own house to his family and put it into a trust that had allowed him to live there. He also sold two commercial properties for £550,000 each and transferred two £3,500 guitars into the family trust. The IS estimates they have recovered over £483,000 but must continue to work on locating another £6.5 million of Shiner's assets. In popular culture Shiner was portrayed by Toby Jones in the 2021 BBC Two drama Danny Boy, which retold the story of the Al-Sweady Inquiry. References 1956 births Living people Alumni of the University of Birmingham Alumni of the University of Warwick Academics of Middlesex University Academics of the University of Warwick Academics of London Metropolitan University Academics of the London School of Economics People from Coventry British solicitors 21st-century British lawyers Human rights lawyers Disbarred lawyers People stripped of honorary degrees