Sir John Desmond Augustine Fennell, OBE (17 September 1933 – 29 June 2011) was a British barrister and judge who chaired the public inquiry into the 1987

King's Cross fire The King's Cross fire was a 1987 fire in a London Underground station with 31 fatalities, after a fire under a wooden escalator suddenly spread into the underground ticket hall in a flashover. The fire began at approximately 19:30 on 18 Novembe ...

. He was a High Court judge from 1990 to 1992, when he was forced to retire as a result of a stroke.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fennell, Desmond 1933 births 2011 deaths Queen's Bench Division judges Knights Bachelor Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Ampleforth College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Grenadier Guards officers Members of the Inner Temple English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel