Category: Obituaries

“Fair winds and following seas” A luminous presence has departed our lives. This is a dreaded day, when I must encapsulate a vast presence in a few words. Reducing it to its core, Tim’s life was characterised by four...

The appointment of a top British barrister as a High Court Judge in Hong Kong raised a few eyebrows in 1993, a time when the judiciary was being encouraged to rely less on overseas talent. But Michael Stuart-Moore, arriving four...

I cannot now remember exactly when I met Marilynne, but I do know it was not long after I joined the Department of Health and Social Security in 1982, and it was at a party. Her reputation had preceded her, and she turned...

I was honoured to be invited to make this tribute to Issy, my dear friend or as she would describe any communication between us while we had daughters at school together, a tribute ‘mum to mum’. Issy was one of five...

Master Gerard Ryan and Master Sheila Cameron married in Middle Temple Church on Saturday, 3 December 1960. They lived in 5 Pump Court so that Sheila could continue her work as soon as possible after her two sons were born,...