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The Rt. Hon. David Kingsley Malcolm AC CitWA is Chief Justice of Western Australia. In 1990 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia and was
then made a Companion of the Order of Australia two years later. In 1999 he was
elected as an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. Chief Justice David Malcolm
graduated with an LL.B from the University of Western Australia in 1959 with first class
honours and was Rhodes Scholar from Western Australia in 1960. In 1962 he obtained
his BCL at Oxford with first class honours. He was a partner with the firm of Freehill
Hollingdale & Page and its predecessor firm in Perth from 1964 to 1979. He acted also
as Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for the Asian Development Bank based in
Manila between 1967 and 1970. He is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Crime
Research Centre at the University of Western Australia since 1991and a member of the
Board of Directors of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law. |
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| The Hon. Sir Michael Wright
was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1957. He
practised at the Common Law Bar for over 30 years taking Silk in 1974. His area of
practice was largely devoted to personal injury litigation focusing on medical and other
professional negligence, major industrial accidents as well as building and insurance
cases. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in 1990 and
thereafter received a knighthood. Sir Michael retired from the bench in 2003 but still
sits from time to time often in the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal. He is also an
accredited mediator. Sir Michael was Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn for 2003 and
Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales in 1983-1984. |
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The Rt. Hon. Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay,
Chief Justice of Mauritius was
called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1972 and is the Chairman of the Judicial and Legal
Service Commission of Mauritius. In November 2001, he was elected as an Honorary
Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, London. He has held numerous appointments among others
Principal Crown Counsel, Assistant Solicitor General and Parliamentary Counsel at the
Attorney General's office and Ministry of Justice. Chief Justice Pillay was appointed
Puisne Judge and later, acting Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Mauritius
from 1987-1996. He is also a member of the United Nations Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights as well as the appointed Adviser to the Governing Council of
the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. |
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| William Blair QC
A graduate of Oxford University, Bill Blair was called to the Bar by
Lincoln's Inn, and practises as a barrister in the financial field, having written and
spoken widely on the subject. Becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1994, he is a Visiting
Professor at the London School of Economics, sits part-time as a deputy judge of the
English High Court, and is one of the chairmen of the Financial Services and Markets
Tribunal set up under the UK's regulatory reforms. From 2003 to 2005 he chaired the
Commercial Bar Association. A member of the British Council of the International Law
Association, he is chairman of its International Monetary Law Committee. |
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Colonel David Hills MBE
has been Under Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn since 1997.
He was commissioned into the Royal Highland Fusiliers in December 1966 and
served in Malaysia, Singapore, Zimbabwe, West Germany, Berlin and Croatia as well
as Northern Ireland and most parts of the United Kingdom. He has served on the Bar
Council Working Party "Funding Entry to the Bar" and on the recent Bar Council
Complaints Working Group examining the Bar's disciplinary procedures. He is a
member of the Council of the Inns of Court and Bar Council Senior Executives
Committee. |
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| Patrick Talbot QC
was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1968. (He practises at
the Chancery Bar. He took Silk in 1990. His practice is largely commercial and
encompasses banking and credit, sports law and professional negligence. He was a
member of the Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar Council. He is currently
chairman of the Lincoln's Inn Continuing Activities Committee, which is responsible for
the Inn's provision of advocacy training to students, barristers and tutors of advocacy.
He has been a Recorder since 1997 and sits as a Lieutenant Bailiff of Guernsey in the
Channel Islands. |
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John Randall QC
was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1978 and the Bar of New
South Wales in 1979. He took Silk in 1995 and has been a Recorder since 1999. He
was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2000. He practises in Chancery and
Commercial Law and was head of the largest set of Chambers in England, in
Birmingham until 2004. His practice covers companies, corporate insolvency, judicial
review, professional negligence and real property. He is a member of the Legal
Services Consultative Panel. He is an advocacy tutor both for the Inn and the Midland
Circuit. |
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| Michelle O'Leary
was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1983 and joined Lincoln's
Inn ad eundem in 1990. She sits as a Deputy District Judge of the Principal Registry of
the Family Division since 2003. She has a wide ranging family practice involving
adoption, care proceedings, child abduction, co-habitees, divorce, inheritance and
family provision. She has been a member of Lincoln's Inn Bar Representation
Committee since 2003. She is an accredited advocacy tutor for the Inn and her circuit. |
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