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The Rt Hon The Lord Bridge was
educated at Malborough College and from 1935 — 1939 was a Journalist.
January 1940 to April 1946: Army
service. Commissioned May 1941, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Transferred to
GHQ Liaison Regiment and served in Italy (1943) and North-West Europe (June
1944 to end of war in Europe). From December 1944 to May 1945 serve as British
liaison officer with United States 7th Army. Awarded United States
Bronze Star.
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1947 |
Called to the Bar |
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1947 - 1964 |
General common law practice at the Bar |
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1964 - 1968 |
Junior Counsel to the Treasury |
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1968 - 1975 |
Judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench
Division |
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1975 - 1980 |
Lord Justice of Appeal |
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1980 - 1992 |
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary |
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1986 - 1992 |
Second senior Law Lord and senior English
Law
Lord normally presiding in the Appellate
Committee of the House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council |
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1992 - 1995 |
After reaching retirement age continued to sit
judicially in the House of Lords and the Privy Council, when required, until
retirement. |
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1993 |
Chairman of the Disciplinary Appeal Tribunal of
the Securities and Futures Authority |
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1984 |
Honorary Fellow, American College of Trial
Lawyers |
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1989 |
Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College
Cambridge |
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1984 - 1989 |
Head of English team participating in
Anglo-American Legal Exchanges |
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2000 |
Accredited by Notre Dame Law
School, London as a certified mediator in Alternative Dispute Resolution as
sponsored by ADR Chambers (UK) Limited. |
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