Michael Lord-Castle
Michael Lord-Castle (born 5 September 1959 in Birmingham) is an English citizen, who has appeared in numerous news stories worldwide, courting controversy with his actions.
Professional History[edit]
In 1985 he founded the Insolvency Advisory Service.[1]
In 2001 Lord-Castle attempted to launch a business class only airline, Blue Fox Executive Airlines, with Rt Hon Lord Tebbit as Chairman.[2] The airline formally launched after the 11 September attacks in a period of uncertainty for airlines,[3] and failed to fly.[1]
In 2004 Michael Lord-Castle was labelled an 'Anglo-Saxon thug' by French President Jacques Chirac after upsetting the French trade unions engaged in action on behalf of a British business with a factory in Dourdan.[4][5]
In 2005, he was involved as an 'insolvency expert' with direct action taken by a haulage supplier to retailer Tesco, which involved blockading a number of Tesco sites with lorries in order to demand payment.[6]
In 2006, Lord-Castle was present in the Maldives as part of the "Global Protection Committee", which Lord-Castle claimed was a group working since 1943 on behalf of a number of governmental agencies, during the run up to rallies intended at bringing about democratic change. The group was accused of being mercenary, and of plotting a coup. Lord-Castle and four of his associates were deported from the Maldives and banned for life.[7][8]
Also in 2006, Lord-Castle appeared in court after he was stopped by police who found that he had fitted his car with blue lights and a siren. This case law precedent led to all vehicles not capable of fitting a stretcher (including response cars and motorbikes of NHS ambulance trusts) being unable to lawfully fit blue lights or sirens,[9] and was used in this way in subsequent cases.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Euro Business August 2001 Vol 3 Issue 3 Oliver Edwards pp.49-50
- ^ Andy Hopper (16 May 2001). "All-business airline promises new era [via Internet Archive Wayback Machine]". Cambridge Network. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "Is Blue Fox cunning or crazy?". The Economist. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Newsnight Wednesday". BBC News. 26 May 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Nicolas Sarkozy". BBC News. 2004-05-26.
- ^ Poulter, Sean (22 April 2005). "Tesco blockaded over unpaid bills". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Michael Lord-Castle and the GPC". MiniVan News. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Global Protection Committee explains role in Maldives". BBC Monitoring International Reports via Access my Library. 15 November 2006. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Rule, Philip (2009-02-06). "What it means to be an Ambulance". Criminal Law and Justice Weekly.
- ^ "Director of public prosecutions v Issler and Bamburger". BJ Insurance Law.