Philip Joseph Cox

{{Short description|British officer (1922–2014)}}

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Philip Joseph Cox, DSC, QC (28 September 1922 – 14 November 2014) was a British Royal Navy officer of the Second World War who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions against enemy submarines. He later became a leading Barrister on the Birmingham circuit, becoming a Queen's Counsel and judge.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11473278/Philip-Cox-radar-operator-obituary.html Philip Cox, radar operator - obituary.] The Telegraph, 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030019053 Private Papers of Lieutenant P J Cox DSC RNVR.] Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

Cox was the prosecuting counsel in the Donald Nielson "black panther" case of 1975 and the 1978 "Bridgwater four" case, securing convictions in both, though the later conviction was quashed after the police were shown to have falsified evidence.