Anthony is a highly regarded litigation lawyer, an acknowledged legal expert on defamation. As the Firm's senior solicitor-advocate, he has appeared in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal and acted for many high profile clients. He is now at the forefront of the Firm's work in Public Advocacy. He has significant experience in representing arbitration parties and acting as arbitrator.
Anthony was head of the Firm's litigation department for ten years and served on the management board from 1985-1997. He taught part-time in the Law Faculty, UCL for three years and is now a Visiting Professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is also a noted author who has written extensively on law, literature, art, culture and anti-Semitism.
Anthony is Chairman of the Jewish Chronicle newspaper and Chairman of the London Consortium. He is Vice-President of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, and was one of the charity's founders and its first Chairman.
Career History
| Deputy Chairman, Mishcon de Reya |
| Consultant, Mishcon de Reya |
| Partner, Mishcon de Reya |
| Qualified, Victor Mishcon & Co (became Mishcon de Reya in 1988) |
| Articled Victor Mishcon & Co |
| PhD, University College London (1992) |
| MA, Cambridge University |
Articles and Publications
A noted author, Anthony's publications include:
- TS Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form (1st edition - CUP, 1995; 2nd edition Thames Hudson, 2003);
- Idolising Pictures (Thames Hudson, 2000);
- Transgressions: The Offences of Art (Thames Hudson, 2002);
- "Art Crimes," in Law and Literature (OUP, 1999); and in Dear Images- Art, Copyright and Culture (Ridinghouse, 2003).
- Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England (Oxford, 2010)
Trials of the Diaspora shortlisted for Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2011.