Category: Obituaries

I have known Master John Cone for 55 years. We met when I was a young barrister seeking to augment my earnings from the Bar by teaching part time at Liverpool University and he was a first year undergraduate. Over three years, I...

Born in 1929, the year of the Great Depression, and in common with many of his generation, Eric had a tough start in life. Perhaps it was the turbulent times of his youth that helped drive him to work for a better world. Master...

The death of John Lorn McDougall KC at the age of 86 marks the passing of one of the most outstanding Canadian advocates of his generation and a figure whose career bridged two related but distinct worlds: the courtroom and the...

In the Juryman’s Tale, journalist Trevor Grove’s account of jury service on a long kidnapping trial at the Old Bailey, Michael Gale, leading counsel for the main defendant, was portrayed as a one-dimensional figure –...