This resource is from the Issues section. This page provides information about Nicola Williams from the members panel of the MPA's inquiry into the case of PS Gurpal Virdi.

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Panel member: Nicola Williams

Nicola Williams is a Black Londoner of Guyanese descent. An experienced criminal law barrister, she has successfully acted in a variety of serious trials before all levels of the judiciary, including murder trials, and Commonwealth death penalty appeals before the Law Lords in the Privy Council. In addition, she is also a published writer; “WITHOUT PREJUDICE” is her first novel. She is a former lay adviser to the Race and Violent Crime Task Force of the Metropolitan Police, a member of the Society of Black Lawyers, and is actively involved in the South Bank Alumni Association. In February 2000, she was a contributing lecturer on “Comparative Policing Strategies” in Ankara, Turkey, which was sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Council, in co-operation with the Turkish National Police. In 1991, she won the Cosmopolitan Woman of Achievement Award (Professions category). She is a member of Mensa.

Virdi Inquiry panel members:

• R David Muir
  Independent Member Metropolitan Police Authority
• Radhika Bynon
  Panel member
• Sir Geoffrey Dear
  Panel member
• Nicola Williams
  Panel member
• Ahmed Ramiz
  Observer
• Beverley Thompson
  Observer
• Lord Navnit Dholakia
  Expert Advisor
• Sue Harper
  Senior Policy Advisor