Education:

- Magdalen College, Oxford

Qualifications:

- B.A. (Oxon) 1^st Class Hons.
- Hon. Fellow Magdalen College
- Hon. Fellow St. Edmund Hall
- Hon. Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers
- Hon. Fellow American Law Institute

Call to Bar:

- 1953

Queen’s Counsel:

- 1972

Bencher:

- Lincoln’s Inn 1977
- President of Senate of Inns of Court and Bar 1984-1986

Experience:

- High Court Judge (Chancery Division) 1977-1983
- President of Employment Appeal Tribunal 1981-1983
- Court of Appeal 1983-1985
- Vice-Chancellor of Supreme Court 1985-1991
- Law Lord 1991-2000
- Senior Law Lord 1998-2000

Areas of Specialisation:

- Commercial and Property Law
- Trusts (including Charities)
- Administrative Law
- Private International Law
- Employment Law