Sir David Herbert Mervyn Davies, MC, TD (17 January 1918 – 12 May 2015) was a British barrister and
High Court judge who sat in the
Chancery Division
The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (England ...
from 1982 to 1993. He is best remembered for ordering the sequestration of assets belonging to the
National Union of Mineworkers during the
miners' strike of 1984–1985.
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British Army personnel of World War II
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