James Lingard - educated at Dulwich College and University College London - became a leading City of London solicitor who specialized in banking law and insolvency. A former Council Member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and of the European Association of Insolvency Practitioners, he became a Judicial Chairman of the Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal. He was the founding President of the Insolvency Lawyers Association and became Chairman of the Joint Insolvency Examination Board and of the Banking Law and the Insolvency Law Sub Committees of the City of London Law Society.

He is the original author of Lingard’s Bank SeMorecurity Documents (LexisNexis Butterworths) now in its seventh edition and the following books:-

1. BRITAIN AT WAR 1939 TO 1945, a concise history of World War 2 with an emphasis on the social history of what life was like for families in Britain during the war. “Really interesting read and recommended to those with a liking to both human-interest stories and military accounts. Super!” (DJ Colbran) 5stars

2. THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED

3. THE CAUCASUS CAULDRON and

4. TRAPPED IN IRAN Mossad agents, Israeli engineers, Revolutionary Guards. The 1979 Iranian Revolution. This gripping 20th century historical thriller inspired by real events is the story of a Jewish hero. A group of Israeli engineers is trapped in central Iran when the world about them explodes in chaos. Imagine their plight on discovering that the Shah has been deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini, a friend of Israel’s enemies, has returned from exile. How can they escape with their lives? What should they do? Can our hero Guy Hart rescue the attractive Emma Levine and his other colleagues from capture by the Revolutionary Guards? The result is an intense action-packed thriller full of danger, death, and fear but with some romance and surprising twists and turns.

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