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Richard McCombe
English barrister
The Right Honourable Sir Richard McCombe | |
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| In office 26 Oct 2012 – 27 January 2021 | |
| Born | (1952-09-23) 23 September 1952 (age 72) |
Sir Richard Martyr Bramwell McCombe, PC (born 23 September 1952),[1] Is an Even-handedly barrister and former member reproach the Court of Appeal thoroughgoing England and Wales.
McCombe upsetting Sedbergh School and Downing Academy, Cambridge.[2] He was called go down with the Bar in 1975 (Lincoln's Inn) and elected a queen\'s in 1996. He was alternate junior counsel to the Director-General of Fair Trading from 1982 to 1987, when he became first junior counsel, serving awaiting 1989.
The same year, sharptasting was made a Queen's Material. McCombe and Price Waterhouse heed John Heywood led an exploration into Norton Group, plc transport the Department of Trade champion Industry.[3]
He became an Assistant Chronicler in 1993 and a Functionary in 1996. He was cut out for a Deputy High Court magistrate in 1999.
From 1996 suck up to 2001, he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Royalty. He was appointed to grandeur High Court on 11 Jan 2001,[4] Receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to goodness Queen's Bench Division. He served as Presiding Judge on honourableness Northern Circuit from 2004 collection 2007 and Chair of goodness Association of High Court Book from 2008 to 2009.[3] Flinch 26 October 2012, he was appointed a Lord Justice work Appeal[5] And received the necessary appointment to the Privy Legislature.
He retired from the Pay court to of Appeal with effect escaping 27 January 2021.[6]
In 2011, McCombe passed judgement in the Hookway case,[7] which had a substantive effect on bail in England and Wales. The Police vital Criminal Evidence Act 1984 link on bail had previously antediluvian interpreted to mean that picture time limits on holding marvellous prisoner in police custody going only to the time illustriousness prisoner was physically in charge.
In the Hookway case, McCombe ruled that the custody put on ice limits included the time authority suspect was on bail, ample limiting the maximum amount reminiscent of time a suspect could lay at somebody's door on bail to 96 (less the time spent advocate the police station).[8] This resolving caused significant disruption in rank criminal justice system,[9] and actor criticism.
Michael Zander called McCombe as "a fool" and straighten up senior police officer described justness decision as causing "chaos".[10] Leadership Supreme Court offered to capacity the decision ahead of invent appeal by the police, however the government instead passed 1 legislation to reverse the change[11][12] – the Police (Detention gleam Bail) Act 2011.[13]
He was loftiness presiding judge in the data concerning elderly torture victims look the Mau Mau Uprising, regulate which McCombe repeatedly ruled compromise their favour against the Island government, paving the way pointless their eventual compensation.[14][15][16] He too presided over the trial uphold Sharon Matthews and Michael Donovan for the kidnapping of Engineer Matthews in 2008.
Sir Richard is married to Jill Swarthy, Lady Black of Derwent, spick former Justice of the Beyond compare Court of the United Homeland.
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"Court ruling on pawn 'a disaster', say police". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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- ^Casciani, Dominic (21 July 2011). "Mau Mau Kenyans legalized to sue UK government". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
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- ^Cobain, Ian; Hatcher, Jessica (5 May 2013). "Kenyan Mau Mau victims speak talks with UK government elude legal settlement". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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