Neville Laski

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Neville Jonas Laski QC (18 December 1890-24 March 1969) was an English judge and leader of Anglo-Jewry.

Contents 1 Family 2 Education 3 Career 4 Other positions held 5 References

[edit] Family

He came from a distinguished family. His younger brother was Harold Laski. He married Phina Emily, eldest daughter of Moses Gaster; he had four children, including Marghanita Laski.

[edit] Education

• Manchester Grammar School
• Clifton College
• Corpus Christi College, Oxford, MA Beit Prize, 1912.

[edit] Career

He was a barrister and was appointed a QC in 1930 and a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1938. He was a Judge of Appeal of the Isle of Man, 1953-1956 and Recorder of Burnley, 1935-1956. He was a Judge of the Crown Court and Recorder of Liverpool (1956-1963).

During World War I, he served with the 6th Lancashire Fusiliers in Gallipoli, Sinai and France, retiring with the rank of Captain.

He was a member of the General Council of the Bar, 1950-1956, Chairman of its Professional Conduct Committee, 1952-1956 and its Honorary Treasurer, 1955-1956.

[edit] Other positions held

• Chairman, Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital
• President, London Committee of Deputies of British Jews, 1933-1940
• Presiding Elder of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, 1961-1967
• Vice-President, Anglo-Jewish Association

[edit] References

• Who was Who