Charles Harman

Sir Charles Eustace Harman (1894 - 14 November 1970) was a lawyer and judge in England and Wales.

He was the son of John Eustace Harman (1861 - 1927), barrister of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and his wife, Ethel Frances née Birch, of Onslow Square, central London.

His brother John Augustus (Jack), only a year and a half his senior, was killed in a 1917 flying accident, as part of his war service with the Royal Flying Corps[1] John attended Uppingham School, so it is likely that Charles did too.[2] Charles studied at King's College, Cambridge, but his university career was interrupted by World War I. He was wounded within the first year, at the Battle of Loos, and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner; he used the time to improve his languages.[3]

Harman was appointed a Justice of the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 12 December 1947. A few days later he was knighted. He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 7 April 1959. Following that appointment, Harman was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He retired from his judicial office on 6 June 1970.

Sir Charles' son, Jeremiah Harman, was also a judge.

Notable decisions

Notable judicial decisions of Sir Charles included:

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Stephen (2013). The Final Whistle: The Great War in Fifteen Players. The History Press. ISBN 9780752481241.
  2. ↑ "Personals". Flight: 1318. 13 December 1917.
  3. ↑ Denys B. Buckley, ‘Harman, Sir Charles Eustace (1894–1970)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 14 Sept 2015


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