Sir Michael Mann, PC (9 December 1930 – 14 June 1998) was an English judge. He was a

Lord Justice of Appeal A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...

from 1988 to 1995.

Biography

Born in

Streatham Streatham ( ) is a district in south London, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. Streatham was in Surrey ...

, Michael was the son of Adrian Bernard Mann,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, a civil engineer, and of Mary Louise Man (''née'' Keen). Mann was educated at

Whitgift School ("He who perseveres, conquers") , established = , closed = , type = Independent school , religious_affiliation = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head Master , head = Christopher Ramsey , c ...

and

King's College, London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

, where he read Law and took a PhD in international law. Called to the Bar by

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

in 1953, he worked as a part-time legal assistant at the

Foreign Office Foreign may refer to: Government * Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries ** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government ** Foreign office and foreign minister * Unit ...

until 1956 and lectured at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

until 1964. He began to practice at the bar in 1955, specialising in planning law. He was Junior Counsel to the Land Commission (Common Law) between 1967 and 1971, and

took silk In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ...

in 1972. He was appointed a

recorder Recorder or The Recorder may refer to: Newspapers * ''Indianapolis Recorder'', a weekly newspaper * ''The Recorder'' (Massachusetts newspaper), a daily newspaper published in Greenfield, Massachusetts, US * ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...

in 1979. Mann was appointed a Justice of the High Court in 1982, and was assigned to the

Queen's Bench Division The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts. It hears appeals on point ...

. As a trial judge, he presided over the murder trial of Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland, who were convicted of the killing David Wilkie, a taxi driver, during the miners' strike of 1984–85. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1988, and retired in 1995 owing to ill-health. On the Court of Appeal, he participated in high-profile cases such as ''

R (Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars'', or in Irelan ...

'' and '' R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex p Rees-Mogg''. In 1991, he was one of the three judges who quashed the convictions of the

Maguire Seven Maguire ( , also spelled MacGuire or McGuire) is an Irish surname from the Gaelic , which is "son of Odhar" meaning "dun", "dark one". According to legend, this relates to the eleventh descendant of Colla da Chrich, great-grandson of Cormac mac ...

. Mann married Jean Marjorie Bennett MRCVS in 1957; they had two sons. The marriage was dissolved in 1988. He married Audrey Edith Umpleby in 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Michael Alumni of King's College London 1998 deaths People from Streatham People educated at Whitgift School Fellows of King's College London Members of Gray's Inn Academics of the London School of Economics English King's Counsel Queen's Bench Division judges Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor