Alan Moses
Sir Alan George Moses (born 29 November 1945) is a former
Court of Appeal Judge and the former chairman of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). He is joint Chair of the United Kingdom's Spoliation Advisory Panel
.
Education
He was educated at Bryanston School and University College, Oxford.
Legal career
He was
took silk in 1990. He served as a High Court Judge (Queen's Bench Division) from 1996 to 2005; Presiding Judge of the South Eastern Circuit 1999-2002 and was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2005.[1] In 2003 he was the judge in the high-profile Soham murders case which led to the imprisonment of Ian Huntley.[2]
He retired from the Court of Appeal in May 2014.
Chairman of IPSO
He was appointed as the first Chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation in 2014.[3][4] He served two terms, which ended in December 2018. He was succeeded by Lord Faulks QC[5]
Chair of Spoliation Advisory Panel
He is joint Chair, together with Sir Donnell Deeny, of the Spoliation Advisory Panel.[6]
References
- ^ Bowcott, Owen (16 May 2014). "Here comes the judge – the maverick aiming to tame Britain's raucous press". theguardian. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ Huntley guilty of Soham murders, BBC News Channel, 17 December 2003, retrieved 5 September 2014
- ^ Sir Alan Moses appointed as Ipso chair, 29 April 2014, retrieved 5 September 2014
- ^ Martinson, Jane (29 September 2014). "Brooks Newmark sex sting: Ipso to investigate Sunday Mirror". theguardian. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Eminent QC appointed as IPSO Chairman". www.ipso.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Spoliation Advisory Panel Chairs and members, gov.uk. Accessed 26 December 2022.
External links
- "The forthright judge who relishes taking on the establishment", TheGuardian.com; accessed 1 August 2017.
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