John Chadwick (judge)
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The Right Honourable Sir John Chadwick PC |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 1997–2007 |
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John Murray Chadwick 20 January 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Sir John Murray Chadwick PC is a retired English Lord Justice of Appeal. He also served as the President of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, and as a judge of the Dubai International Financial Centre court. Sir John was also standing Counsel to the DTI, and sat as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. He also works as an arbitrator.
He was born in 1941, and called to the bar aged 25 in 1966 as a member of the Inner Temple; he became a Queen's Counsel in 1980.
He was appointed as a High Court judge in 1991 and received the customary knighthood. He then sat in the Chancery Division for 6 years. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1997, where he was appointed to the Privy Council. He retired from judicial office in November 2007.
Notable decisions of Lord Justice Chadwick included:
In 2009 Sir John was also appointed to lead an inquiry into the failure of The Equitable Life Assurance Society, and to recommend compensation for the victims. This led ultimately to the passing of the Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010.
Sir John was appointed as chair of a public inquiry in relation to allegations of feeding fox cubs to hounds. It later emerged that he had been filmed whilst he was involved in a hunt which clashed with protesters, and it was alleged that he was filmed using his horsewhip in the direction of protesters.
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