1945-2020
By Lesley Dingle and Daniel Bates
Professor Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws
- 1945: Born 10th May
- 1950 - 63: Durham Cathedral Choir/ Durham School
- 1963 - 67: Exeter College Oxford, BA
- 1976: MA
Legal career
- 1970: Bar, Inner Temple
- 1971-92: Barrister at Common Law
- 1983-85: Assistant Recorder
- 1984-92: First Junior Treasury Counsel, Common Law
- 1985: Bencher
- 1985-92: Recorder
- 1992-98: Judge of High Court, QBD
- 1999-2016: Lord Justice of Appeal
- 2009: Reader Inner Temple
- 2010: Treasurer Inner Temple
Presidencies
- 1994- : President, Bar European Group
- 2010- : President, Proceeds of Crime Law Association
- 2012- : Hon Vice-President, Administrative Law Bar Association
Foreign appointments
- 1987: Bar of New South Wales
- 1988: Bar Gibraltar
Visiting positions
- 2016-17: Arthur Goodhart Professor in Legal Science, Univeristy of Cambridge
- 2011-14: Visiting Professor, Northumbria University
- 1997- : Judicial Visitor, UCL
- 2004- : Visitor, Cumberland Lodge
- 1992: Hon Fellow, Robinson College Cambridge
- 2000: Hon. Fellow, Exeter College Oxford
Interests
- Greece
- Living in London
- Philosophy