Lord Scarman
The Lord Chief Justice was present at a service of thanksgiving for the life and work of Lord Scarman on Wednesday at the Temple Church. The Rev Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple, officiated, assisted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
Lord Justice Scott Baker read the lesson and Mr Conrad Dehn, QC, read So Many Different Lengths of Time by Pablo Neruda.
Lord Bingham of Cornhill gave an address.
The Master of the Rolls and the President of the Family Division attended. Among others present were:
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Mr and Mrs John Scarman (son and daughter-in-law), Miss Arabella Scarman, Miss Aimee Scarman and Miss Donna Scarman (granddaughters), Mr and Mrs George Ritchie, Miss Katherine Ritchie.
Lord Ackner, Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Neill of Bladen, QC, Lord Hylton, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Lloyd of Berwick, Lord Hutton, Lord Carswell, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Borrie, QC, Lord Hoffmann, Lord and Lady Morris.
Lady Roskill, Lady Lowry, QC, Lady Butterworth, Lady Lloyd of Kilgerran, Sir Roy Beldam, Sir Basil Kelly, Lady Scott Baker, Lady Mawer, Lord Justice and Lady Rose, Lord Justice Campbell (Inns of Court of Northern Ireland), Lord Justice Judge, Lord Justice Chadwick, Lord Justice Laws, Lord Justice Clarke, Lord Justice Rix (Treasurer, Inner Temple), Lord Justice May, Lord Justice Peter Gibson, Lord Justice Waller, Lord Justice Potter.
Sir Edward Caldwell, Sir Hayden Phillips, Sir Timothy Walker, Sir Christopher Bellamy, Sir Matthew Farrer, Sir George Engle, Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Lady Cobb (Inns of Court Mission), Lady Layfield, Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Kennedy (Malcolm Clubs).
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Master Tennant of Balfluig, Judge Michael Baker, QC, Judge Richard Havery, QC, His Honour Owen Stable, QC, Prof David VandeLinde (Vice Chancellor, University of Warwick), Mr Adrian Whitfield, QC (Treasurer, Middle Temple), Mr Harvey McGregor, QC, Mr Roger Henderson, QC, and Mrs Henderson, Mr Lionel Swift, QC, Mr William Taylor, QC, Mr Edward Nugee, QC (Radley College), Mr Michael Pooles, QC, Mr Leolin Price, QC, Mr James Goudie, QC, Mr Michael Lerego, QC, (Fountain Court Chambers).
Ms Katrina Baker, Miss Alexandra Mawer, Mrs Conrad Dehn, Mr Leslie Du Cane, Mrs Rosamund Du Cane.
Mr William Allen, the Rev David and Mrs Holland, Father Mark O’Toole, Mr Clarence Thompson (Chairman, West Indian Standing Conference), the Rev Hewie Andrew (Head of Queen Mother Moore School), Mr Ivan Madray (Shepherds Youth Club, Methodist Church, Brixton), Mr Peter Gerrard (Lovells), Mr Richard Link, Mr and Mrs Patrick Victory, Miss Elizabeth Llewellyn-Smith (St Hilda’s College, Oxford), Mr Nicholas Ward (The Independent Custody Visiting Association), Mr Peter Durrant (London Press Club), Mr Robert Hamilton (High Court Journalists’ Association), Miss Jane McAusland, Mr Terence Coghlin, Dr Harold Stanley, Mrs Susan Katzmann, Mrs Nancy Conwell, Mr and Mrs Alastair Logan, Mr Allistaire Des Etages, Mrs Joan Jones, Ms Eileen Mulkerrins, Mr Andrew Walker, Mr Michael Seymour and many other friends and former colleagues.