Background
Green was born at Selly Oak Hospital and brought up in Birmingham.
Green was born at Selly Oak Hospital and brought up in Birmingham.
After education at Four Dwellings comprehensive school and Halesowen College sixth-form, he studied Modern History at Pembroke College Oxford and Law at the University of Birmingham.
He is also legal correspondent for the New Statesman. And blogs as Jack of Kent. His articles on legal matters have been published by The Guardian, The Lawyer, New Scientist, and others
He was also named in 2010 as one of the leading innovators in journalism and media, and in 2011 as one of the "Hot 100" lawyers by The Lawyer.
In 2012, Green was listed on the Independent on Sunday Pink List, a list of influential British LGBT people. On Twitter, Green noted that he was bisexual in response to the listings.
After being awarded the Sir Thomas More and Hardwicke Scholarships by Lincoln"s Inn, Green was called to the Bar in 1999 and became a solicitor in 2001. Formerly a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, Herbert Smith, and the Treasury Solicitor, he is now (and since 2009) head of the media practice at Preiskel & Company
He was involved on a pro bono basis with Simon Singh"s successful libel defence campaign against the British Chiropractic Association.
In 2010, he advised Sally Bercow over possible libel action by think tank MigrationWatch United Kingdom and their chairman Sir Andrew Green. which was later dropped.
He led the defence in the Twitter Joke Trial, in which defendant Paul Chambers was acquitted on 27 July 2012. Green is a prolific blogger, both on his own Jack of Kent blog (named after Jack O" Kent) and as part of his contribution to New Statesman magazine. He appears on the legal podcast Without Prejudice.