Clement Bailhache

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Sir Clement Bailhache.
Grave of Clement and Fanny Bailhache, St Andrew's church, Totteridge.

Sir Clement Meacher Bailhache (2 November 1856 – 8 September 1924) was an English commercial lawyer and judge.

Early life

Bailhache was born at

Baptist Missionary Society; his mother, Emma, was daughter of Edward Augustus Meacher, of Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire.[1] He was educated at the City of London School and studied law at the University of London, graduating in 1877.[2]

Career

He initially practised as a

Commercial Court.[2]

Bailhache was elected to represent Finchley North on Middlesex County Council in 1898.[3] He served a single three-year term, stepping down in 1901.[4] He was also a member of Finchley Urban District Council.[5]

Bailhache was made KC in 1908 and appeared in a Commercial Court graced by the advocacy of Thomas Edward Scrutton and John Hamilton. However, his two senior colleagues soon became High Court judges and Bailhache inherited an extensive practice. He had a great mastery of complex facts and law, and was concise in summarising them.[2] "Few leaders at the bar have said so little or said it so well."[6]

With the growth of commercial litigation in the early twentieth century, by 1912 the Commercial Court was in need of more judges and Bailhache was elevated to a judge of the

knighthood. As a judge, he worked through his list briskly, often paying insufficient attention to the arguments of counsel and often, in consequence, giving rise to successful appeals. He was clear in his judgments though disliked having to reserve judgment. In 1916 he chaired a committee of enquiry into the Royal Flying Corps but did little other enquiry work.[2]

Personal life

He maintained his Baptist faith throughout his life and was a committed

teetotaller. He was an enthusiastic pipe smoker
, even during formal dinners.

Death

Bailhache died from a

St Andrew's church, Totteridge
, with his wife Fanny Elizabeth (21 May 1858 – 11 July 1937).

References and sources

References
  1. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 2 Aug 2007
    (subscription required)
  3. ^ "The County Council Election at Finchley". Hendon and Finchley Times. 4 March 1898. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Finchley". Hendon and Finchley Times. 4 March 1904. p. 6.
  5. ^ "A Record Finish. Public Business of Finchley District Council Over in an Hour". Hendon and Finchley Times. 26 September 1924. p. 8.
  6. ^ The Times, 9 Sept 1924
Sources
  • Law Journal, 13 Sept 1924, 581
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