Samuel Cooke (judge)
Sir Samuel Burgess Ridgway Cooke (16 March 1912 – 12 April 1978) was a British barrister and High Court judge. He served as the second chairman of the Law Commission between 1973 and his death in 1978.[1]
Life and career
Cooke was born in
President of the Cambridge Union
in Lent 1934.
Cooke was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in November 1936, having placed first in the bar final examination and receiving the Certificate of Honour. In 1938 he joined the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, where he contributed to the drafting of the Education Act 1944 and of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.
In 1946, he returned to private practice, joining the chambers of
of Lincoln's Inn in 1966.In 1967, Cooke was appointed a Justice of the
Queen's Bench Division), receiving the customary knighthood. In 1973, he was appointed as the second chairman of the Law Commission
. Afflicted by a nervous system disease, Cooke died in office on 12 April 1978.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64545. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 42008". The London Gazette. 15 April 1960. p. 2721.