Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1 October 1974 – 1981 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 July 1906 Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales |
Died | 26 December 1992 | (aged 86)
Herbert Edmund Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies,
Early life and career
Born Herbert Edmund Davies at
Judicial career
He was knighted in 1958 (becoming Sir Edmund Davies)
Sworn of the
Following very severe problems with the recruitment and retention of police officers in England and Wales because of chronically low pay, which had by then fallen far behind the pay for comparable occupations, in August 1977 Edmund-Davies was appointed by Labour Home Secretary Merlyn Rees MP to chair a commission of inquiry into the negotiating machinery for police pay and conditions. His terms of reference were enlarged in December 1977 to include the levels of pay. His report was published in July 1978 and recommended a substantial increase in pay for police officers – of the order of 45 per cent. His recommendations were implemented in full in 1979 by the incoming Conservative Government, and the essential elements of the Edmund-Davies pay regime have remained undisturbed ever since. The Edmund-Davies review has become a cornerstone for police pay and the Police Federation of England and Wales – the representative body for police officers up to and including the rank of Chief Inspector – has tenaciously held onto the Edmund-Davies regime.
In 1981, Edmund-Davies retired as a Law Lord. From 1974 to 1985, he was Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales. Edmund-Davies was President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs the London Welsh Centre, from 1982 until 1988.[7]
Family
In 1935, he married Eurwen Williams-James. They had three daughters.[1]
Famous judgments
- R v Collins [1972] 2 All ER 1105
- Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd [1973] QB 27 (dissenting)
- Wilson v Racher [1974] ICR 428
- Whitehouse v Lemon and Gay News Ltd [1979] 2 WLR 281
Arms
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Notes
- ^ a b c d "EDMUND-DAVIES, Baron". Who's Who. Retrieved 2 November 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ a b "Obituary: Lord Edmund-Davies". The Independent. London. 2 January 1993. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "No. 41325". The London Gazette. 28 February 1958. p. 1356.
- ^ "Inquiries – Incident: The Aberfan Disaster 21 October 1966" (PDF). National Recovery Guidance: case studies. UK Government Cabinet Office. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "No. 46361". The London Gazette. 4 October 1974. p. 8348.
- ^ "No. 46372". The London Gazette. 14 October 1974. p. 8967.
- ^ "Our Former Presidents: London Welsh Centre". London Welsh Centre website. London Welsh Centre. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- "Archives Network Wales". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2007.