Colin Milner Smith (2 November 1936 – 10 July 2020) was an

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judge and first-class

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er. The son of Alan Milner Smith and Vera Ivy (née Cannon), he was born at

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in November 1936. He was educated at

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and spent two years in

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with the

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before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in

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as a

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for

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against Sussex at

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in 1958. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 12 runs by Ted James in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by the same bowler. He continued to play cricket past the age of 70, representing teams such as Old Tonbridgians, Yellowhammers, Band of Brothers, Limpsfield CC. His younger brother, Martin Milner Smith, was also a first-class cricketer. After graduating from Oxford, Smith attended

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. He was called to the bar as a barrister with

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in 1962, and was appointed

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in April 1985, working in commercial law. He served as a circuit judge from 1991 to 2009 on the South Eastern Circuit. Smith also published a number of books on laws surrounding

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. He married Moira Braybrooke in 1979 and they had two children. He died on 10 July 2020 at the age of 83.

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