Francis Jacobs
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Advocate General at the European Court of Justice | |
In office 1988–2006 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Slynn of Hadley |
Succeeded by | Eleanor Sharpston |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Geoffrey Jacobs 8 June 1939 |
Nationality | British |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Nuffield College, Oxford |
Occupation | Judge |
Profession | Barrister |
Sir Francis Geoffrey Jacobs Privy Councillor in December 2005.
On 4 December 2007, Jacobs was elected President of Missing Children Europe, the European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children.[3]
He was President of the European Law Institute from 2011 to 2013.
He married in 1975 (as his second wife) Susan Cox, granddaughter of Michael Gordon Clark; they have three daughters and one son. He has one son by an earlier marriage.
See also
List of cases
Case C-251/95 Sabel BV v Puma AG, Rudolf Dassler Sport
- Case C-412/93 Leclerc-Siplec [1995] ECR I-00179
- Case C-34-36/95 De Agostini [1997] ECR-I 3843
- Case C-409/95 Marschall v Land Nordrhein Westfalen [1997] ECR I-06363
- Case C-405/98 Gourmet International [2001] ECR-I 1795
- Unión de Pequeños Agricultores v Council of the European Union "UPA" [2003] QB 893
Notes
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
Sir Francis Jacobs, an Advocate General, Court of Justice of the EC, 1988–2006, 72
- ^ "The Gazette" (PDF). John Carpenter Club. 292. Spring 2008.
- ^ Missing Children Europe: European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children
Further reading
- Butler, Graham; Lazowski, Adam (2022). Shaping EU Law the British Way: UK Advocates General at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Oxford: Hart Publishing/ISBN 9781509950003.