Richard Rashleigh Folliott Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, (born 2 October 1934) is a British judge, who formerly held the office of

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Early life

The son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. F. and Katharine Scott, Scott was born on 2 October 1934 and educated at Michaelhouse School, Natal in

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. He then studied at the

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, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1954, and

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, where he received a B.A ( Law Tripos) in 1957 and a

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in rugby. He then spent a year as Bigelow Fellow at the

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, where he met his future wife, Rima Elisa Ripoll, who is from

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Legal career

Scott was

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by the

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in 1959, becoming a

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in 1981. From 1960 to 1983, he practised at the Chancery Bar, and was appointed a

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in 1975. In 1980, Scott was appointed Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, a post he held until 1983. He was Vice-Chairman of the Bar from 1981 to 1982, and chairman from 1982 to 1983. Scott was appointed a

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of the

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in 1983, sitting in the

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, and received the customary

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. From 1987 to 1991, he held the office of Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, which has responsibility for overseeing Chancery business in the North of England. He was promoted to the

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in 1991, becoming a

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and receiving an appointment to the Privy Council, and serving as

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, the head of the Chancery Division, from 1994 to 2000, and Head of Civil Justice from 1995 to 2000. On 17 July 2000, he was appointed a

and created a

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as Baron Scott of Foscote, of Foscote in the County of Buckinghamshire. He retired from this post on 30 September 2009, and did not transfer along with the other Lords of Appeal of ordinary to the new

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. The vacancy on the bench his retirement created was filled by Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, previously

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. He sat as a

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until his retirement from the

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on 21 December 2016. In 2003, he was appointed a non-permanent member of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, and while serving there, he is known by his Chinese name (). He left the court in 2012. Notable judicial decisions of Lord Scott included: * '' Cumbrian Newspapers Group Ltd v Cumberland & Westmorland Herald Newspaper & Printing Co Ltd'' 986BCLC 286 - leading authority on class rights of shares * '' Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Etridge (No 2)'' 001UKHL 44 - leading case on the circumstances under which actual and presumed undue influence can be argued to vitiate consent to a contract * '' Cobbe v Yeoman's Row Management Ltd''

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UKHL 55 - on promissory estoppel in the context of negotiations proceedings the formation of a contract

Scott Inquiry

In 1992, Scott, while a Lord Justice of Appeal, was appointed to chair an inquiry into the ''

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'' scandal, in which it was claimed the British government had supported British companies in selling defence equipment to Iraq. The report was published in 1996, although much of it was secret. In 2001, Scott said it was "''regrettable and disappointing''" the Government had not made changes to the law regulating the arms trade.

Personal life

Lord Scott has been married to Rima Elisa Ripoll since 1959. They have two sons and two daughters.

References

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