Richard McCombe

The Right Honourable
Lord Justice McCombe
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 October 2012
Personal details
Born 23 September 1952

Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombe (born 23 September 1952),[1] styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice McCombe, is an English barrister and judge who is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

McCombe attended Sedbergh School and Downing College, Cambridge.[2] He was called to the Bar in 1975 (Lincoln's Inn) and elected a bencher in 1996. He was second junior counsel to the Director-General of Fair Trading from 1982 to 1987, when he became first junior counsel, serving until 1989. The same year, he was made a Queen's Counsel. McCombe and Price Waterhouse executive John Heywood led an investigation into Norton Group, plc for the Department of Trade and Industry.[3]

He became an Assistant Recorder in 1993 and a Recorder in 1996. He was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1999. From 1996 to 2001, he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was appointed to the High Court on 11 January 2001,[4] receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He served as Presiding Judge on the Northern Circuit from 2004 to 2007 and Chair of Association of High Court Judges from 2008 to 2009.[3] On 26 October 2012, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal[5] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.

His notable judgements include those pertaining to the Mau Mau Uprising, in which McCombe repeatedly found in favour of elderly victims of British torture during the rebellion, paving the way for their eventual compensation.[6][7][8]

See also

List of Lords Justices of Appeal

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England and Wales. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sir Richard George Bramwell McCombe". Burke's Peerage. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Hon Mr Justice McCombe". Debrett's. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 56092. p. 536. 16 January 2001.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 60315. p. 20891. 31 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Casciani, Dominic (21 July 2011). "Mau Mau Kenyans allowed to sue UK government". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Cobain, Ian (5 October 2012). "Mau Mau torture case: Kenyans win ruling against UK". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Cobain, Ian; Hatcher, Jessica (5 May 2013). "Kenyan Mau Mau victims in talks with UK government over legal settlement". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.