David Hirst (judge)

Sir David Cozens-Hardy Hirst (31 July 1925 – 31 December 2011) was an English barrister and judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 1999. The Times described him as "one of the leading advocates of his generation".

The Right Honourable
Sir David Hirst
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
1992  April 1999
Succeeded bySir Jonathan Mance
Justice of the High Court
In office
22 January 1982  1992
Preceded bySir John May
Personal details
Born
David Cozens-Hardy Hirst

(1925-07-31)31 July 1925
Meltham, West Riding of Yorkshire
Died31 December 2011(2011-12-31) (aged 86)
London, England
Spouse
Pamela Bevan
(m. 1951)
Children5
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.