John Roch
Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 1993–2000 | |
Justice of the High Court | |
In office 1985–1993 | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Ormond Roch 19 April 1934 |
Died | 1 December 2021 | (aged 87)
Children | 3 |
Education | Wrekin College Clare College, Cambridge |
Sir John Ormond Roch,
Lord Justice of Appeal
from 1993 to 2000.
Early life
Roch was born in Cardiff to Frederick Ormond Roch and wife Vera Elizabeth Roch, née Chamberlain, Roch was educated at Wrekin College on a scholarship from Barclays Bank (for whom his father worked) and read law at Clare College, Cambridge (BA, LLB).[1] He studied comparative law in Paris for a year, then served as an officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, stationed in British Honduras, for his National Service.
Career
He was
from 1975 to 1985.Roch was appointed a
Privy Council. He was one of the judges who quashed the convictions of the Bridgewater Four
in 1997. Roch retired in 2000.
Personal life
He married Anne Greaney in 1967 and they had three daughters; she died in 1994. Roch later married Susan Niccols. Roch died of heart failure in a flat in Broad Haven with his wife on 1 December 2021, at the age of 87.[2][3]
References
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Roch, Sir John Ormond". The Telegraph. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 January 2022.