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Lord Slynn of Hadley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Slynn of Hadley
GBE PC QC
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Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
6 June 2000 – 30 September 2002
Preceded by The Lord Goff of Chieveley
Succeeded by The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
11 March 1992 – 30 September 2002
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
In office
1988–1992
Preceded by Lord Mackenzie-Stuart
Succeeded by Sir David Edward
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
In office
1981–1988
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Warner
Succeeded by Sir Francis Jacobs
Personal details
Born Gordon Slynn
(1930-02-17)17 February 1930
Died 7 April 2009(2009-04-07) (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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