Edward Nugee
| Edward Nugee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 9, 1928 Godalming, Surrey |
| Died | December 30, 2014 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Ted Nugee |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Years active | 1955–2014 |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Elizabeth Makower |
| Relatives | John Nugée (son) Sir Christopher Nugee (son) Andrew Nugée (son) Lt General Richard Nugee (son) |
Edward George "Ted" Nugee TD QC (9 August 1928 – 30 December 2014) was a leading English barrister. He was involved in number of key cases on tax and pensions, as well as being a regularly published correspondent in letters to the editor of The Times.
Nugee has been described as "one of the pre-eminent Chancery barristers of his generation".
Nugee was born in 1928 in Godalming, Surrey, son of Brigadier George Nugee CBE, DSO, MC and his wife, Violet Mary.
He attended Brambletye School in East Grinstead and Radley College in Oxfordshire, from where he won a scholarship to Worcester College, Oxford, to read classics. Before going to University he spent two years on National Service as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and served in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Upon his return, he reportedly realised that he had not seen a Latin or Greek text for two years and so abandoned classics in favour of law. He graduated from Oxford with a double first, and in 1953 was awarded the Eldon Law Scholarship.
He was called to the bar in 1955 at the Inner Temple and became a pupil at 2 New Square in Lincoln's Inn, but soon thereafter moved to the set of chambers at 3 New Square, later known as Wilberforce Chambers. He remained there in practice for nearly 60 years until his death, principally practising in the area of pension and tax, and was head of chambers for over 30 years. He was also Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1996.
In 1962, Nugee was asked to join the legal team advising the Foreign and Colonial Office on administrative issues in Uganda, then a British protectorate and soon to become independent. His role was to advise on the boundaries of traditional areas and tribal domains; he took great pleasure in researching the pre-colonial administration of the Baganda people, taking evidence from elders who could personally remember the period before the British arrived in 1898, and was instrumental in advising the FCO to restore to the Baganda people authority over some of their traditional territory.
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