Harvey McGregor
Harvey McGregor Warden of New College, Oxford | |
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| In office 1985–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Hafford Cooke |
| Succeeded by | Alan Ryan |
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| Born | 25 February 1926 |
| Died | 27 June 2015 (aged 89) |
| Education | Scarborough High School for Boys |
| Alma mater | The Queen's College, Oxford |
Harvey McGregor QC (25 February 1926 – 27 June 2015) was a British barrister and academic, who was Warden of New College, Oxford from 1985 to 1996.
Early life
The son of William Guthrie Robertson McGregor and Agnes McGregor (
DCL
in 1983.
Before going up to Oxford, McGregor served as a
Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force
for two years, from 1946 to 1948.
Career
McGregor was
called to the bar from the Inner Temple in 1955 and became a Bencher in 1985. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1995.[1]
He was Bigelow teaching Fellow in the University of Chicago, 1950–1951, Visiting professor at New York University and Rutgers University at various times between 1963 and 1969 and at the University of Edinburgh from 1998. He was a consultant to the Law Commission, 1966–1973.[1]
President,
Oxford Union Society, 1977 to 2004 (Chairman of Trustees, 1994–2004), a Fellow of Winchester College, 1985 to 1996, and a Trustee of the Migraine Trust since 1999.[1]
McGregor was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to law and education.[2] He died at the age of 89 on 27 June 2015.[3][4]
Selected publications
- McGregor on Damages (12th Edition published 1961 to 20th Edition Published 2017)
- Contract Code (1993)
- contributor to International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (1972)
At the Modern Law Review, McGregor was a member of the editorial board since 1986 and was previously a member of the Editorial Committee from 1967.[1]
The
Rome III Regulation
, all of which have had a mixed reception in English legal circles.
References
- ^ a b c d 'McGREGOR, Harvey', in Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008, online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 26 August 2008
- ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 9.
- ^ Harvey McGregor's death Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine', death announcement on New College, Oxford website, accessed 1 July 2015
- ^ Dalyell, Tam; Levy, Paul (30 June 2015). "Obituary: Harvey McGregor". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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