John Laws (judge)
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The Right Honourable Sir John Laws |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 1999–2016 |
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| High Court Judge | |
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In office 1992–1998 |
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John Grant McKenzie Laws 10 May 1945 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Marshall |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws PC (born 10 May 1945), is a former Lord Justice of Appeal. He served from 1999 to 2016. He is the current Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science at the University of Cambridge, and an Honorary Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge.
Laws was born on 10 May 1945 and educated Durham Chorister School, and as a King's Scholar at Durham School. He studied at Exeter College, Oxford as a Senior Open Classical Scholar, receiving a First Class BA in 1967, and an MA in 1976. He became an Honorary Fellow of the College in 2000.
He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1970, and appointed a Bencher in 1985. He was appointed First Junior Treasury Counsel (Common Law) in 1984, and a Recorder in 1985, holding both positions until his appointment to the High Court in 1992.
Laws was appointed a High Court Judge in 1992, serving in the Queen's Bench Division, and was knighted at this time. He served until 1998, and in 1999 was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal and appointed to the Privy Council.
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