Roger Toulson
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The Right Honourable Lord Toulson |
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Toulson in 2014
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 9 April 2013 – 22 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
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In office 29 January 2007 – 9 April 2013 |
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| Born |
Roger Grenfell Toulson 23 September 1946 |
| Died | 27 June 2017 (aged 70) |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Judge |
Roger Grenfell Toulson, Lord Toulson (23 September 1946 – 27 June 2017) was a British lawyer and judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
He was educated at Mill Hill School, to which he won the top scholarship for his year and was one of the most talented pupils, taking 'O' levels at 13, 'A' levels in Greek, Latin and Ancient History at 15, and breaking the school record for the mile at 16, at which age he left to go to Jesus College, Cambridge, of which he later became an Honorary Fellow, before being called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1969.
He joined the Western Circuit in 1970, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1986. In 1996 he became a judge of the High Court of Justice, sitting in the Queen's Bench Division, and from 2002 to 2006 sat as Chairman of the Law Commission of England and Wales. On 29 January 2007, he was promoted to the Court of Appeal, made a member of the Privy Council and appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Toulson was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 9 April 2013. By Royal Warrant, all members of the Supreme Court, even if they do not hold a peerage, are entitled to the judicial style and title "Lord" for life.. Toulson was granted the courtesy style Lord Toulson. He retired from the court on 22 September 2016.
Toulson was the co-author of a textbook on the English law of confidentiality.
As a judge Toulson was opposed to judicial interference in Government action. He expressed the view that "all human life is experimental, all forms of government are experimental. I think it would be a retrograde step if the courts, in the name of rights, prevent governments of whichever hue from engaging in legitimate social experimentation."
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