Sir John Murray Chadwick 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

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, and as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre court. Sir John was also standing Counsel to the

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, and sat as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and

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. He also works as an arbitrator.

Biography

He was born in

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to Hector George Chadwick and Margaret Corry Laing. He was educated at Rugby School and

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. 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

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in 1997, where he was appointed to the

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. He retired from the English Court of Appeal in November 2007.

Notable decisions

Notable decisions of Lord Justice Chadwick included: * (reversed on appeal by the Supreme Court) * *''

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'' 9954 All ER 562 * * (dissenting) * * * (dissenting)

Equitable Life

In 2009, Sir John Chadwick was also appointed to lead an inquiry into the failure of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, and to recommend compensation for the victims. This led ultimately to the passing of the Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010.

Controversy

Sir John was appointed as chair of a public inquiry in relation to allegations of feeding fox cubs to hounds. It later emerged that he had been filmed whilst he was involved in a hunt which clashed with protesters, and it was alleged that he was filmed using his horsewhip in the direction of protesters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chadwick, John Living people 1941 births People from Cheltenham 21st-century English judges Lords Justices of Appeal Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 20th-century English judges Chancery Division judges People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge