Malcolm Bishop

Malcolm Leslie Bishop, KC, is a Welsh lawyer and translator.^[1]

Bishop was educated at

called to the Bar in 1968 and is now a King's Counsel

He serves as a

He has also been a Prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, standing for Bath in February 1974 and October 1974.

As an advocate he has taken part in several notable criminal trials, including R v Carty, a gang-related shooting in Birmingham, R v Sivakumar, which was the longest murder trial ever heard at the Old Bailey, and R v Moinul Abedin, in which the defendant was convicted of plotting explosions.

Bishop is a

National Assembly for Wales (now called Counsel General for Wales) in succession to Winston Roddick, QC, in 2004. Rhodri Morgan said that he did not know Bishop, had never met him, and had never even spoken to him. In his application for the job Bishop had submitted a reference from Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, who had recently stepped down as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.^[2]

Bishop has worked on translating several gospels from

St. John's Gospel,^[1]^[4] the Book of Revelation, and the Gospel of Mark.^[3]