Andrew Phillips, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, who has died aged 84, was a champion of “law for every man and woman”. As a pre-eminent charity solicitor, broadcaster and parliamentarian, he founded pioneering organisations dedicated to the widening of access to the justice system for the ordinary citizen, and energetically promoted individual rights, the civic life of small communities and a culture of charitable enterprise.
He also expanded access to the law through BBC Radio 2’s popular Jimmy Young Show. Starting in 1979, he was a weekly feature for 22 years as its “legal eagle”, dispensing practical legal advice to more than 2 million listeners. He also wrote a monthly law column for Good Housekeeping.
