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Alan Stewart Orr
Sir Alan Stewart Orr (21 February 1911 – 3 April 1991) was a British barrister specialising in taxation who rose to be a High Court judge and a Lord Justice of Appeal. After 1958 he was known as Alan Orr QC, from 1965 as Mr Justice Orr, and from 1971 as Lord Justice Orr. During the Second World War, Orr served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, became a wing commander, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his wartime service. Career A son of William Orr and Doris Kemsley, of Great Wakering, Essex,"Orr, Rt Hon. Sir Alan (Stewart) in ''Who Was Who'' online edition, December 2007, https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U174615 (subscription site) and a grandson of the Rev. Robert Workman Orr, United Free Church minister of Brechin, Orr was born in Rochford, Essex, raised in Scotland, and educated there at Fettes College and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated MA in 1933, before proceeding to Balliol College, Oxfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Wakering
Great Wakering is a village in the Rochford District in Essex, England. It is approximately four miles east of Southend. The village is well served with several historic public houses, a primary school, a Co-operative supermarket, post office, hairdresser's and several small and characterful village shops. Great Wakering consists mainly of two roads: the High Street, which runs from the junction of Star Lane, and New Road, which begins outside St. Nicholas' Parish Church and runs down to the bridges for Foulness Island. History According to a medieval tradition, Wakering (probably Great Wakering) was the site of a monastery during the seventh century AD. Two Christian cousins of King Ecgberht of Kent, named Æthelred and Æthelberht, were murdered at Eastry, a royal dwelling in the Kingdom of Kent, during King Ecgberht's reign (664–673). They were prevented by a miracle from being buried at Canterbury, and were taken instead to an existing monastery at Wakering in the Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fountain Court Chambers
Fountain Court Chambers is a set of commercial barristers based in the Temple in London and with offices in Singapore. It has 95 full members (in addition to door tenants), of whom 41 are silks. It is in the Magic Circle. The present Head of Chambers, since 2018, is Bankim Thanki QC, the Deputy Head of Chambers is Patrick Goodall QC, the Senior Clerk is Alex Taylor and the Head of Administration is Julie Parker. History It is possible to trace Fountain Court's origins to the early part of the Twentieth Century, but its period of sustained success dates from after the Second World War. Its reputation for commercial litigation developed in the late 1940s and 1950s and its standing as a 'magic circle' chambers was cemented in the 1960s and 1970s. Numerous members of chambers have gone on to hold high judicial office. The most eminent is Lord Bingham KG, who served as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. Other notable members include Leslie Scarman SC ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wintringham Stable
Sir Wintringham Norton Stable, (19 March 1888 – 23 November 1977) was a British High Court judge from 1938 to 1968. Stable, known as "Owlie", was admitted to the Middle Temple on 13 November 1908, was call to the bar, called to the bar on 27 January 1913, and was appointed to the Bench of the High Court on 26 November 1938. He was barristers' chambers, head of chambers at 2, Crown Office Row, which towards the end of his life moved premises and became known as Fountain Court Chambers. He admitted colleagues who gained his set a strong reputation for commercial litigation, especially Melford Stevenson, Melford Stevenson QC, who succeeded him as head of chambers, Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, Leslie Scarman QC, and Alan Stewart Orr, Alan Orr QC. Early life The third and only surviving son of Daniel Wintringham Stable, a barrister and Director of the Prudential plc, Prudential, and his wife Gertrude, Stable was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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