John Brightman, Baron Brightman

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John Anson Brightman, Baron Brightman,

PC (20 June 1911 – 6 February 2006) was a British barrister and judge who served as a law lord
between 1982 and 1988.

Early life and career

Brightman was born in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, the son of William Henry Brightman, a solicitor, and of Minnie Boston Brightman, née Way. He was educated at Doon House School in Kent, Marlborough College, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1932.[1] He then joined the chambers of Fergus Morton, later a law lord, and practised at the Chancery bar.[1]

During World War II, he volunteered as an

took silk in 1961. He was appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster, but relinquished the post on his appointment to the bench in 1970.[1]

While at the bar, Brightman was pupil master to Margaret Thatcher, who was his first female pupil.[citation needed]

Judicial career

Arms, as displayed at Lincoln's Inn[2]

Brightman was appointed a

trades unions.[citation needed
]

In 1972, he decided that

1966 World Cup.[citation needed
]

In 1974, while still a High Court judge, he refused Anton Piller KG the

Court of Appeal, giving rise to the Anton Piller order that remains in use today.[citation needed
]

Like his colleague on the NIRC,

County of Hampshire,[3] from 12 March 1982, the same year that Donaldson was promoted to become Master of the Rolls.[citation needed
]

One of Brightman's first judgments, in 1983, was to decide that Ann Mallalieu (later Baroness Mallalieu) was not entitled to a tax deduction for the cost of her court dress.[citation needed]

He also ruled against the taxpayer in the case of

1984 miners' strike, modifying the test of intent required for a conviction of murder; and joined the majority judgment that refused to grant the government an order banning on newspaper articles about Spycatcher in 1988.[4]

Personal life

He married Roxane Ambatielo in 1945 and they had one son.[5]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97041. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Wd24 Brightman". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "No. 48924". The London Gazette. 17 March 1982. p. 3707.
  4. ^ "Lord Brightman". The Telegraph. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Lord Brightman". The Telegraph. 8 February 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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