Sir John Frank Mummery, DL (born 5 September 1938) is a former

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and is President of the

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and a member of the

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in the UK.

Education

Mummery attended

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between 1949 and 1957 and then

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Legal career

Mummery was

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(

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) in 1964, becoming a

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in 1985. He was a Junior Treasury Counsel (charity matters 1977–1981; chancery matters 1981–1989). By the 1970s he was known as a copyright barrister, being consulted on matters such as

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's ''

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'' and its relation to

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's version of ''

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.'' He also represented

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in efforts to stop the distribution of recordings of ''

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''. He was appointed a

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in 1989 before being appointed a High Court judge on 4 October the same year. He was assigned to the

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and received the customary

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. He was appointed a

on 1 October 1996. He served as President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 1993 to 1996, and was appointed President of the Security Services, Intelligence Services and Investigatory Powers Tribunals in 2000. He reached mandatory retirement on 5 September 2013. He has, since 2003, been Chairman of the Trustees of the Royal Courts of Justice Citizens Advice Bureau. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Chancellor of the Inns of Court, and was from 1996 to 2001 a governor of the Inns of Court School of Law. He has been a member of the Legal Advisory Commission of the Church of England since 1988 and Chairman of the Clergy Discipline Commission and Clergy Discipline Tribunal since 2004. He is also a judge of the Court of Ecclesiastical Cases Reserved, having served in that role since 2006.

Judgments

Notable cases in which Mummery LJ has been involved include: *Compaq Computer Ltd v. Abercorn Group Ltd. (1993) B.C.L.C. 602; Mummery stated the broad aim of a

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or a proceeds of sale clause in a contract, reflecting "the seller's aim ... to prevent the goods and the proceeds of sale of its goods from becoming part of the assets of an

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buyer, available to satisfy the claims of the general body of

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s". *

Clark v TDG Ltd (t/a Novacold Ltd) ''Clark v TDG Ltd (t/a Novacold Ltd)'' 999IRLR 318 is a UK labour law case concerning the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Facts Mr Clark was injured at work (a frozen food warehouse in Hull). He was then dismissed when an orthopaedic doctor sa ...

(1999) *

Re Barings plc (No 5) ''Re Barings plc (No 5)'' 0001 BCLC 523 is a leading UK company law case, concerning directors' duties of care and skill. The case is formally identified and cited as "No 5", though some observers regard it as the sixth in the saga of litigatio ...

(1999) *

O'Neill v Phillips is a UK company law case on an action for unfair prejudice under s.459 Companies Act 1985 (now s.994 Companies Act 2006). It is the only case thus far in the House of Lords on the provision and it deals with the concept of members of a business ...

(1999) *

Hollicourt (Contracts) Ltd v Bank of Ireland is a UK insolvency law case concerning whether a bank should pay restitution for moneys paid out of its account after a moratorium under the Insolvency Act 1986 section 127. Facts Hollicourt was a construction company and it went insolvent in 1 ...

(2000) *

Peskin v Anderson ''Peskin v Anderson'' 000EWCA Civ 326is a UK company law case concerning Directors' duties in the United Kingdom">directors' duties under English law. Facts Former members of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) sued the directors for failing to di ...

(2001) *

Copsey v WWB Devon Clays Ltd ''Copsey v WWB Devon Clays Ltd'' 005EWCA Civ 932 [2005IRLR 811 is a UK employment discrimination law case, concerning the right to freedom of religion under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Facts Mr Copsey was working in ...

(2005) *A Whiter Shade of Pale#Authorship lawsuit">Fisher v Brooker / Onward Music Limited (2007) - ''

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'' authorship/royalties. *

Redfearn v Serco Ltd ''Redfearn v Serco Ltd'' [2006EWCA Civ 659and ''Redfearn v United Kingdom'' [2012ECHR 1878is a UK labour law and European Court of Human Rights case. It held that UK law was deficient in not allowing a potential claim based on discrimination for ...

(2006) *Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 1329, [2008] 1 WLR 643 - English contract law concerning the doctrine of Consideration in English law, consideration and promissory estoppel in relation to "alteration promises". *

Luke v Stoke County Council ''Luke v Stoke-on-Trent City Council'' [2007EWCA Civ 761is a UK labour law case, concerning the test for an implied term. Facts Mrs Beryl Luke was a special needs teacher for Stoke. She had a dispute with the headmaster and went off sick from Oc ...

(2007) *Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd (2009) *Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd (2009) *Gisda Cyf v Barratt (2010) *Link Lending v Bustard (2010)

Honours

In 2017, he was awarded The Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mummery, John 1938 births Living people Deputy Lieutenants of Kent Chancery Division judges Knights Bachelor Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford

Education

Legal career

Judgments

Honours

See also

References