Professor Jack Beatson FBA QC, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed a Justice of the High Court. Professor Beatson will take up his appointment on 29 April 2003.
Professor Jack Beatson FBA QC, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge, has been appointed a Justice of the High Court. Professor Beatson will take up his appointment on 29 April 2003.
Professor Beatson is Chairman of the Faculty of Law and is a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He is an expert on contract and public law and has a particular interest in constitutional and administrative law.
One of Professor Beatson's senior colleagues, Bob Hepple QC, Master of Clare and Emeritus Professor of Law, welcomed the appointment:
"Professor Beatson, who was a Law Commissioner, before being elected to the Rouse Ball Chair of English Law in 1993, is one of England's foremost academic lawyers. He has brought great distinction to the Faculty of Law, and will be greatly missed by his colleagues.
"This is believed to be the first time that an academic lawyer has been appointed directly from an English Law Faculty on to the High Court Bench.This not only reflects Jack Beatson's outstanding reputation, but also shows an admirable willingness on the part of the Lord Chancellor to strengthen the intellectual calibre of the Bench by drawing on the talents of the academic legal profession."
Commenting on Professor Beatson's appointment, the Lord Chancellor said:
"Jack Beatson is an outstanding academic lawyer who has also given a wealth of public service as a Law Commissioner, Recorder and deputy High Court Judge. He is well known to the wider legal community through his many writings. His appointment will highlight the qualities that academic lawyers with appropriate experience can bring to the High Court Bench."
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