Robin Auld
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The Right Honourable Sir Robin Auld |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 1995–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Lord Justice Rimer |
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In office 1987–1995 |
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| Born | 19 July 1937 |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Sir Robin Ernest Auld, PC (born 19 July 1937) is a former Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Auld was educated at Brooklands College and King's College London (State Scholar). He graduated with first class honours in Law in 1958, and was awarded a PhD in Law in 1963. He became a Fellow of King's College (FKC) in 1987, and was appointed Visiting Professor for 3 years from 2007. He has served on the College Council and in other roles, including President of King's College London Association, and in recent years as a Member of the King's College London Campaign Board and Patron of the College’s Bar Society.
He was called to the bar in Gray's Inn in 1959, placed first in order of merit in the Bar Final Examinations, and awarded the Macaskie and Holker Scholarships. He was also, during his practice at the Bar from 1963 to 1987, admitted to the Bars of Northern Ireland, New York State USA, Hong Kong and New South Wales, Australia. During that period he was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1975, a Recorder of the Crown Court in 1977, and elected a Bencher of Gray’s Inn in 1984.
Also, over that period, he chaired or otherwise participated in a number of public inquiries in the UK and abroad, including: Member, Commission of Inquiry into Casino Gambling in the Bahamas, 1967; Chairman, William Tyndale Schools Inquiry, 1975-1976; Department of Trade Joint Inspector into the affairs of Ashbourne Investments Ltd., 1975-1979; Counsel to the Home Office Inquiry into the Brixton Disorders, 1981; Chairman, Home Office Committee into Late-Night and Sunday Trading, 1983–84; and Counsel for the UK, Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into British Nuclear Tests in Australia (McClelland Royal Commission), 1984-1987.
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