Sir Gilbert James Paull (18 April 1896 – 13 November 1983) was an English barrister and High Court judge.
The son of Alan Paull, FSI, JP, Gilbert Paull was educated at
St Paul's School and
Trinity College, Cambridge. He was
called to the Bar
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by the
Inner Temple in 1920 and became a
King's Counsel
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in 1939. Paul was elected a
Bencher of
Inner Temple 1946, Reader 1969, and Treasurer 1970. He was also a member of the
Council of Legal Education from 1947 to 1965.
After sitting as
Recorder
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of
Leicester
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from 1944 to 1957, Paull was appointed a
Justice of the High Court on 23 January 1957, receiving the customary
knighthood. He was assigned to the
Queen's Bench Division, where he sat until his retirement on 30 September 1971. He died in 1984. After his death, he was described as "one of the last of the "fashionable
silks"".
Paull married Maud Winifred Harris, daughter of Charles Harris, of Streatham, in 1922; they had a son and a daughter. Lady Paull died in 1978.
References
* "Sir Gilbert Paull", ''The Times'', 23 November 1984, p. 14.
* F H L, "Sir Gilbert Paull", ''The Times'', 8 December 1984, p. 8.
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Knights Bachelor
1983 deaths
People educated at St Paul's School, London
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Members of the Inner Temple
English King's Counsel
Queen's Bench Division judges
1896 births