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Child of Another Century: Recollections of a High Court Judge
Ronald Waterhouse
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Description for Child of Another Century: Recollections of a High Court Judge
Hardback. The author became a High Court judge in 1978, and went onto lead the biggest inquiry into child abuse ever held in Britain, publishing the highly significant and influential report "Lost in Care" in 2000. In this title, he provides frontline insights into the complex British legal system. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16pp bw plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGHA; LNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
The 20th century saw a period of enormous legal and social change in Britain. In these engaging memoirs Ronald Waterhouse, who sat as one of Britain's leading High Court Judges, provides fascinating frontline insights into the complex British legal system. Waterhouse took silk in 1969 and became a High Court judge in 1978 in the Family Division, transferring to the Queen's Bench in 1988 where he presided over well-known trials such as those of Ken Dodd and Derek Hatton. Libel, including reading libel for Private Eye with Richard Ingrams and Paul Foot, civil and personal injury work were a prominent ... Read more
The 20th century saw a period of enormous legal and social change in Britain. In these engaging memoirs Ronald Waterhouse, who sat as one of Britain's leading High Court Judges, provides fascinating frontline insights into the complex British legal system. Waterhouse took silk in 1969 and became a High Court judge in 1978 in the Family Division, transferring to the Queen's Bench in 1988 where he presided over well-known trials such as those of Ken Dodd and Derek Hatton. Libel, including reading libel for Private Eye with Richard Ingrams and Paul Foot, civil and personal injury work were a prominent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780764993
SKU
V9781780764993
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About Ronald Waterhouse
Born in 1926, Sir Ronald Waterhouse GBE grew up in a Liberal family in North Wales. Wartime service in the RAF led to study of Law at Cambridge and he was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1952. His long and distinguished legal career encompassed a diverse practice as barrister and silk before becoming a High Court judge ... Read more
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