Merriman had a large practice at the common law bar and on the Northern Circuit . Prominent cases in which he appeared include the 1927 libel case '' Wright v Gladstone '' , which arose of defamatory statements concerning the private life of former prime minister William Ewart Gladstone . In 1929 , he represented Zionist organisations in front of the Shaw Commission , appointed to investigate the Palestine riots
Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman