Sir David Arnold Scott Cairns (5 March 1902 – 8 September 1987), was a British judge and

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politician.

Background

Cairns was a son of David Cairns JP, a Freeman of Sunderland and Sarah Scott Cairns. He was educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys, Sunderland and

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. In 1932 he married Irene Cathery Phillips. They had one son and two daughters. He was knighted in 1955. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1970.

Political career

He was Liberal candidate for the

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division of

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at the 1947 Epsom by-election. He did not stand for parliament again. However, the following year he was elected to

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Urban District Council. He served for two three-year terms. He was also actively involved inside the Liberal Party on policy development. From 1948-49 he was Chairman of the Liberal Party Commission on Trade Unions. From 1951-53 he was a member of the Liberal Party Committee.‘CAIRNS, Rt. Hon. Sir David (Arnold Scott)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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Professional career

Cairns was Chairman of the

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. He was

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from 1970-77. He presided over a number of notable enquieries and cases; * Exxon Corp v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd *

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* 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cairns, David Arnold Scott 1902 births 1987 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple 20th-century English judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Lords Justices of Appeal