Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance

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Jonathan Hugh Mance, Baron Mance, PC (born 6 June 1943) is a British Law Lord.

He was educated at Charterhouse and at University College, Oxford (MA).

He entered the Bar at Middle Temple in 1965, becoming a QC in 1982 and a Bencher in 1989. He became a Recorder in 1990, a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in 1993 and a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1999. In 2005 he was raised to the Peerage as Baron Mance, of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden, and appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

He has also served as Chairman of the Banking Appeals Tribunal (1992-93), Chairman of the Consultative Council of European Judges (2000), President of the British Insurance Law Association (2000-02), and Trustee of the European Law Academy (2003).

He is married to Lady Justice Arden. His recreations include tennis, languages, and music.

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• Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 12 October 2005
• Announcement of appointment as LAO