Clive Coleman
Barrister, Legal Correspondent and After Dinner Speaker
Clive Coleman is a Senior Partner at Maltin PR, an award-winning and internationally recognised London-based Legal and Litigation PR firm, which is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers for Litigation PR and Communications. Clive has a special interest in collective and group litigation. He is also an acclaimed writer for theatre, television and film and former Legal Correspondent for the BBC.
Between 2010 and 2020 he was the face and voice of the BBC’s coverage of legal stories and analysis on radio, television and the website. Drawing on his years as a practicing barrister, he covered a vast range of domestic and international legal stories and issues including 2019’s momentous Supreme Court prorogation case, Brexit, the growing courts backlog, the Barclay brothers ‘Ritz’ dispute, GDPR, the VW emissions scandal, phone hacking, Sir Cliff Richard v BBC, and the Hillsborough tragedy inquests.
He has in-depth knowledge of how news stories work, are managed and affect those involved. He has won numerous journalism awards in the role, most recently the 2019 Bar Council Reporting Award for his coverage of the momentous 2019 Supreme Court prorogation case.
Clive’s writing credits include, the play ‘Young Marx’ which opened Sir Nicholas Hytner’s Bridge Theatre in 2017, ‘Chambers’, his BBC sit-com starring John Bird and Sarah Lancashire, and the film ‘The Duke’ starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent..
CLIVE COLEMAN SPEAKING TOPICS
Clive Coleman is a skilled conference host or chair and entertaining an humerous after-dinner speaker. His after-dinner speech is full of quick-fire wit and anecdotes from his career at the BBC and as a Barrister, and his combination of analytical, broadcasting and writing skills make him a perfect choice to chair conference and debates.
'Your after-dinner speech was a great success. You hit just the right level of humour required, and the committee has received excellent feedback.'
— The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
'Clive was an excellent speaker and much enjoyed by all of the members. Please pass on my thanks for such a well prepared and witty speech I shall certainly recommend him to other event organisers,'
— Gil Graham, Luncheon Co-ordinator, The Fleet Street Club.
'I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of all the attendees at the conference for your excellent after-dinner speech. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all and was an excellent end to the day. I look forward to recommending you to friends and colleagues'
— National Blood Service.
‘Yours was the best after-dinner speech I have ever heard. You did a vast amount of homework on the issues and personnel that are key to our business and were extremely funny about all of them. Thank you, Clive.’
— Philips Lighting.
'Clive's razor sharp wit and fund of hilarious stories meant that our annual Christmas dinner was a really wonderful evening, full of warmth and laughter. The ecstatic comments received from our members led us to swiftly re-book him for our next function.'
— President Bournemouth University Law Society
