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List Of Members Of The Judiciary Of Jersey
Court of Appeal of Jersey Members of the Court of Appeal are appointed under the Court of Appeal (Jersey) Law 1961. The Court of Appeal sits for seven to eight weeks during the year. Current members of the Court of Appeal of Jersey Former members of the Court of Appeal of Jersey * Sir Godfray Le Quesne QC (1964–97) * Lord Ackner (1967–71), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal in England and Wales and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary * Lord Jauncy of Tullichettle (1972–79), subsequently a member of the judiciary in Scotland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary * Rt Hon Sir Roger Parker (1974–77), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales * Lord Browne Wilkinson (1976–77) * Rt Hon Sir Martin Nourse (1977–80), subsequently a judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal * Lord Neill of Bladon QC (1977–94) * Lord Clyde (1979–85), subsequently a member of the judiciary in Scotland and a Lord of Appeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Court Of Appeal
The Courts of Jersey are responsible for the administration of justice in the Bailiwick of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. They apply the law of the Island, which is a mixture of customary law and legislation passed by the legislature, the States Assembly. The principal court is the Royal Court, which has been in existence since the 13th century, and exercises both civil and criminal jurisdiction. Additional courts, such as the Magistrate's Court, which deals with minor criminal matters, and the Court of Appeal, which hears appeals from the Royal Court, have been added to the Island's legal system more recently. There are also a number of specialist tribunals. Appeal courts Prior to 1949 there was no appellate court in Jersey (or Guernsey). Appeals could be heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, but this was only possible if special leave was given and was not by right. It was felt that, particularly in criminal cases, this was not satisfactory. Therefore, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Blom-Cooper
Sir Louis Jacques Blom-Cooper (27 March 1926 – 19 September 2018) was an English author and lawyer specialising in public and administrative law. Early life Born in London, his parents were the grocer Alfred Blom-Cooper and Ellen Flesseman. Blom-Cooper and his family were British Jews, Jewish. He did national service as a Captain in the East Yorkshire Regiment from 1944 to 1947. Louis Blom-Cooper was educated at Port Regis School, Seaford College, University of British Columbia, King's College London (LLB,1952), the University of Amsterdam, and at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1952. Career He was an academic at the University of London from 1962 to 1984. Prior to this he was a columnist for ''The Observer''. He was Chair of the Mental Health Act Commission from 1987 to 1994 and a Judge in the Court of Appeal of Jersey and of Guernsey from 1988 to 1996. He has chaired more than a dozen inquiries over the last decade including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chadwick (judge)
Sir John Murray Chadwick, ED, PC (born 20 January 1941) is a retired English Lord Justice of Appeal. He also served as the President of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, and as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre court. Sir John was also standing Counsel to the DTI, and sat as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. He also works as an arbitrator. Biography He was born in Cheltenham to Hector George Chadwick and Margaret Corry Laing. He was educated at Rugby School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar aged 25 in 1966 as a member of the Inner Temple; he became a Queen's Counsel in 1980. He was appointed as a High Court judge in 1991 and received the customary knighthood. He then sat in the Chancery Division for 6 years. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1997, where he was appointed to the Privy Council. He retired from the English Court of Appeal in November 2007. Notable decisions Notable deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Calcutt
Sir David Charles Calcutt QC (2 November 1930 – 11 August 2004) was an eminent barrister and public servant, knighted in 1991. He was the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1985 to 1994. He was also responsible for the creation of the Press Complaints Commission. He is buried in the churchyard of St Beuno's Church at Culbone, Somerset. Early life and education Calcutt was born at Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where his father, Henry, a pharmacist, ran a local high-street chemist's shop. Calcutt was a chorister in the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, whilst attending Christ Church Cathedral School, then went on to Cranleigh School. As an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge he was a choral scholar in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Career Calcutt was known throughout the 1980s and 1990s for preparing reports and inquiries into various areas of public life. He was asked to produce a report on a fire in the Falkland Islands in which eight pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Scott Alexander
Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon (5 September 1936 – 6 November 2005) was a British barrister, banker and Conservative politician. Education He was educated at Brighton College (of which he was later President) and King's College, Cambridge. Career at law He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1961. An early case of note was his successful defence of Dr Caroline Deys before the General Medical Council in 1972. Alexander was one of the leading barristers of his generation and served as Chairman of the Bar Council 1985–86. As a barrister he came to greater public fame representing Lord Archer in his libel case against the '' Daily Star'' in 1987. He retired from the Bar in 1989, and served as Chairman of National Westminster Bank from 1989 to 1999. He was also a director of other companies, a member of the Government's Panel on Sustainable Development and Chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2000 until ill-health forced him to retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Hoffmann
Leonard Hubert "Lennie" Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 8 May 1934) is a senior South African–British judge. Currently, he serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong; he formerly served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1995 to 2009. Well known for his lively decisions and willingness to break with convention, he has had an especially large impact on the interpretation of contracts, shareholder actions in UK company law, in restricting tort liability for public authorities, human rights and intellectual property law, in particular patents. Early life Born on 8 May 1934, Leonard Hubert Hoffmann was a member of a Jewish family in Oranjezicht, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. His grandparents established the family there in the late 1800s, having immigrated from Eastern Europe. His father was a well-known solicitor who co-founded what has become Africa's largest law firm, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs. Education He was educated at the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Clyde, Baron Clyde
James John Clyde, Baron Clyde, PC (29 January 1932 – 6 March 2009) was a Scottish judge. Biography James John Clyde was born in Edinburgh on 29 January 1932 the only son and youngest child of Margaret Letitia (1901–1974), (daughter of Arthur Edmund DuBuisson), and James Latham McDiarmid Clyde, (later Lord Clyde (1898–1975). He was grandson of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde. He attended Edinburgh Academy. In 1954 he graduated with a BA Literae Humaniores from Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and from the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1959. Clyde served in the Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1956, and was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1959. In 1971, he became a Queen's Counsel (Scotland) and was advocate-depute from 1973 to 1974. In 1972, he was made Chancellor to the Bishop of Argyll, and in 1979 Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, holding both posts until 1985. Between 1985 and 1996, Clyde was Senator of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Neill, Baron Neill Of Bladen
Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, (8 August 1926 – 28 May 2016) was a British barrister and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Early life and education A son of Sir Thomas Neill, Patrick Neill was born in Hampstead in 1926. He was educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford. From 1944 to 1947, he served in the Rifle Brigade and became a captain. Legal career He became a barrister in 1951 and took silk in 1966. After heading One Hare Court, he became head of chambers of Serle Court in Lincoln's Inn when the two merged in 1999. He worked alongside Henry Fisher, Roger Parker, Gordon Slynn, and Richard Southwell QC. Lord Neill left Serle Court in 2008 to join his elder brother Sir Brian Neill, a former Court of Appeal judge, at 20 Essex Street. University of Oxford He was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford, from 1977 until 1995, and appointed an Honorary Fellow in 1995. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1985 until 1989, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Nourse
Sir Martin Charles Nourse (3 April 1932 – 28 November 2017) was a Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales, who served as Vice-President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 2003 until his retirement from the bench in 2006. One of his most notable cases related to multi millionaire Sir Charles Clore. He ruled in favour of the Inland Revenue, that Clore was domiciled in England for tax purposes, despite being resident in Monaco. Clore died on his last visit to England in 1979. Nourse's wife, Lady Lavinia Nourse (née Malim), was acquitted of 17 counts of historic child sex abuse in May 2021 and has subsequently called for law reforms to allow the accused, media anonymity unless or until they are charged. Education and military service Nourse attended Winchester College (1945–1950) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He served as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade from 1951 to 1952, and subsequently in the Territorial Army in the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson
Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson (30 March 1930 – 25 July 2018) was a British judge who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1991 to 2000, and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1998 to 2000. Life and career Browne-Wilkinson was the sixth child and only son of the Rev Canon Arthur Browne-Wilkinson, MC, and of Mary Abraham, daughter of Charles Abraham, Bishop of Derby. He was educated at Lancing and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he took a First in Jurisprudence in 1952. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1953 and took silk in 1972. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal of Jersey and of Guernsey from 1976 to 1977. In 1977, Browne-Wilkinson was appointed a Justice of the High Court of Justice and assigned to the Chancery division, receiving the customary knighthood. He was promoted as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1983, and was of sworn of the Privy Council. From 1985 to 1991 he was Vice-Chancellor, the ''de f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Parker (judge)
Sir Roger Jocelyn Parker (25 February 1923 – 21 May 2011) was a British barrister and judge. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1983 to 1992. Biography Early life Parker was the son of Captain The Honourable Trevor Tempest Parker, DSC, RN and Marieka Louise Leonie, ''née'' Kleinwort, of the Kleinwort banking family. Both his grandfather, Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, and his uncle, Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, were senior judges. Parker grew up in London and Sussex. He was educated at Eton College, before serving in the Rifle Brigade during the Second World War. Parker saw action in Italy and Austria, attained the rank of captain, and was mentioned in dispatches. Legal career After the war, he read Law at King's College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1948. He joined the chambers of John Ashworth, a commercial set originally located at Three Hare Court, and later at One Hare Court alongside Henry Fisher, Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
