Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley

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Advocate General of the European Court of Justice
In office
1981–1988
Preceded byJean-Pierre Warner
Succeeded bySir Francis Jacobs
Personal details
Born
Gordon Slynn

(1930-02-17)17 February 1930
Died7 April 2009(2009-04-07) (aged 79)
NationalityBritish
SpouseOdile Marie Henriette Boutin
Alma mater
ProfessionBarrister

Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
.

Early life

Slynn was born on 17 February 1930 to John and Edith Slynn and educated at

First Junior Treasury Counsel (Common Law)
, or "Treasury Devil", from 1968 to 1974.

Lord Denning said about Slynn in his capacity as such: "He was outstanding. The best I have ever known. He will go far."

take silk
in 1974 coincided with his becoming the first Leading Counsel to the Treasury.

Marriage

He married Odile Marie Henriette Boutin in 1962.

Judicial career

He was appointed Recorder of Hereford in 1971 and as a

Advocate General at the European Court of Justice
(ECJ), and was appointed a Judge in 1988, a position he held until 1992.

He was appointed a

Privy Council. He was a dissenter in the case R v. Brown, which upheld the legality of the criminal convictions resulting from Operation Spanner.[4] As a member of the House of Lords, he served as Chairman of the House of Lords Select Sub-Committee
on European Law and Institutions (1992–95), and as a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service (1996–98) and the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corruption Bill (2003). He retired as a Law Lord in 2002.

He was appointed President of the Court of Appeal of the Solomon Islands in 2001[5] and was life President of the Lord Slynn of Hadley European Law Foundation and President of the Civil Mediation Council. From 1992-1996 he was President of The Academy of Experts.

GBE breast star

Legal education

Slynn was a supporter of legal education. He wrote a foreword to the book, How to Moot: a Student Guide to Mooting[6] and sat as a judge in the Central and East European Moot Court.[7] He was Honorary President of the Durham Mooting Society and an honorary member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society at the University of Virginia. He was a patron of Staffordshire University's Law School.

Charitable work

Slynn was Patron of the UK wing of the Child in Need Institute (CINI) (CINI UK), founded by his wife Odile Slynn to help poor mothers and children in India.

He was a Trustee of

The Loomba Trust, which cares for widows around the world, and Patron of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Institute
for Indian art and culture.

Slynn led a campaign to remove

People's Mujahedin of Iran from the British and EU's blacklists.[8]

Honours & Arms

Slynn received honorary degrees from numerous institutions, and was

2009 New Year Honours for his services to the International Law Association which he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee.[9]
In 2000 he was presented with a 2-volume Liber Amicorum: Vol I, entitled Judicial Review in European Union Law, was edited by Professor David O'Keeffe and Antonio Bavasso; Vol 2, entitled Judicial Review in International Perspective, was edited by Mads Andenas and Duncan Fairgrieve; both volumes were published by Kluwer Law International (
ISBN 90-411 1373-8
(set)).

Coat of arms of Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley
Crest
Within a crest coronet Or a tawny owl holding in the dexter claw a quill erect proper, the leg ringed Or.
Escutcheon
Argent, on a chevron Gules between three leopards' heads proper as many garbs Or. On a chief Azure three saltires couped Argent.
Motto
Conari Intellegere
Orders
Order of the British Empire [10]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ The Due Process of Law, Lord Denning (London, 1980) p12
  2. ^ "No. 46974". The London Gazette. 27 July 1976. p. 10281.
  3. ^ "No. 52861". The London Gazette. 13 March 1992. p. 4553.
  4. ^ R v Brown (1993) 2 All ER 75 House of Lords
  5. ^ Susan Boyd (2003), "Australian judges at work internationally", Australian Law Journal, vol. 77, p. 303 at 305.
  6. ISBN 9780406979513
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  7. ^ Central and East European Moot Court
  8. ^ "Lord Slynn of Hadley".
  9. ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 24.
  10. ^ Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. 2000.

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