Anthony Scrivener

Anthony Frank Scrivener QC (31 July 1935 – 27 March 2015) was a British barrister. His high profile clients led him to becoming one of the highest paid barristers in the UK, commanding the first £1 million brief. He spent a period as chair of the Bar Council, where he pushed for reform.

Biography Frank Bertram Scrivener was born in Canterbury, Kent on 31 July 1935. His father, Frank Bertram Scrivener was a shopkeeper and ironmonger and his mother was Edna Isabella Agnes, née Mather. Known to his friends as 'Scriv', he added “Anthony” to his name.

He was educated at Kent College, and University College London, where he read law and graduated in 1957, then being called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1958. He lectured in law in Ghana for two years, returned to the UK and became a QC in 1975.

Scrivener's clients included notable individuals such as Sir Richard Branson, Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four, Jack Lyons of the Guinness Four, Lee Clegg, Ken Livingstone, Joseph Lyons Asil Nadir, Tony Martin, Peter Godber, Dame Shirley Porter and Winston Silcott.