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Sir William Anthony Campbell PC, KC (born 30 October 1936) was a Lord Justice of Appeal in

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from 1998 to 2008.

Background

Campbell, the son of Harold Campbell

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, attended

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(of which he is now a governor) and Queens' College, Cambridge. Sir Anthony enjoys sailing and is a member of the

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. He is an active member of the

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Law career

In 1960, Campbell was called to the Bar by both

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and the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland. He was made a

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of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland in 1983 and a Bencher at Gray's Inn in 1995. Sir Anthony was appointed

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in 1974. He was promoted to the

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of Northern Ireland 1988 and served until 1998 when he was further elevated to become a Lord Justice of Appeal. Sir Anthony Campbell retired during the summer of 2008.

Post retirement

In October 2008, Sir Anthony Campbell was appointed to chair the

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, a public inquiry set up by Scottish Government ministers to investigate the steps taken to verify the fingerprints associated with the case of HM Advocate v McKie in 1999, and related matters. He served an additional four years as a judge of the

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, retiring from that court in 2014.

References

1936 births Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Living people Knights Bachelor Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Campbell College Ulster Scots people Lords Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland High Court judges of Northern Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) Northern Ireland King's Counsel Judges educated at British public schools {{UK-law-bio-stub