Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Slynn of Hadley GBE PC QC |
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| Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 6 June 2000 – 30 September 2002 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Goff of Chieveley |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 11 March 1992 – 30 September 2002 |
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| Nominated by | John Major |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bridge of Harwich |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe |
| Judge of the European Court of Justice | |
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In office 1988–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Lord Mackenzie-Stuart |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Edward |
| Advocate General of the European Court of Justice | |
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In office 1981–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Warner |
| Succeeded by | Sir Francis Jacobs |
| Personal details | |
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Gordon Slynn 17 February 1930 |
| Died | 7 April 2009 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Odile Marie Henriette Boutin |
| Alma mater |
Goldsmiths, University of London; Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley GBE PC QC (17 February 1930 – 7 April 2009) was a British jurist specialising in European and International Law, and a former judge of the European Court of Justice and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Slynn was born on 17 February 1930 to John and Edith Slynn and educated at Sandbach School, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1956, becoming a Bencher in 1970 and Treasurer in 1988. He served as Junior Counsel to the Ministry of Labour between 1967 and 1968. He was the First Junior Treasury Counsel (Common Law), or "Treasury Devil", from 1968 to 1974.
Lord Denning said about Slynn in his capacity as Treasury Devil: "He was outstanding. The best I have ever known. He will go far," The Due Process of Law, (London, 1980) p. 12. Slynn took silk in 1974, thereupon becoming the first holder of the appointment of Leading Counsel to the Treasury.
He married Odile Marie Henriette Boutin in 1962.
He was appointed Recorder of Hereford in 1971 and as a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in 1976, receiving the customary knighthood, serving additionally as President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 1978. In 1981, he left both these positions to become an Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and was appointed a Judge in 1988, a position he held until 1992.
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