Category: Obituaries 2021

Bernard was the elder son the life peer the Baron Weartherill, KStJ, PC, DL [1920-2007], who as Bernard Weatherill, was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 2002. A recipient of the Winston Churchill Pupillage Award,...

Joanna was widely known as a top family silk whose distinguished practice spans over 40 years. Joanna formed part of the pioneering ‘alternative’ chambers of Tony Gifford QC, established in the early 80’s in Wellington Street,...

Even as a High Court judge in the early 1980s Margaret Booth still had to withstand the casual sexism of the period. When on circuit at judges’ lodgings she would encounter fellow male judges who simply refused to talk to her,...

Brian held a unique position at the Ropewalk, which he served as Head of Chambers from 1970 until his elevation to the Circuit Bench in 1988 and of which he was a member from the completion of his pupillage in the...

Richard John Mitchell, known to us as John and Dad, was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, to Edith and Kenneth Mitchell. His brother Peter was born 16 months later. When Dad was young the family moved to Hutton in Essex. Dad...

Surinder was a brilliant intellect, an outstanding jurist, and a man of unimpeachable integrity. He is widely regarded as a legal visionary who transformed the attitude of Indian law to international commercial arbitration. He...