Edward Pearce, Baron Pearce
Edward Holroyd Pearce, Baron Pearce PC (born February 9, 1901 in Sidcup , Kent ; † November 26, 1990 ) was a British lawyer who was last as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer also a member of the House of Lords was.
Life
After visiting the Charterhouse School graduated Pearce studying law at Corpus Christi College of the University of Oxford and received in 1925 his legal approval to the Chamber of Lawyers (after the end of Inns of Court ) from Middle Temple . He then began working as a barrister on before he in 1947 Deputy Chairman of the quarter court ( Court of Quarter Sessions ) from East Sussex was.
In 1948 Pearce was a judge at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales and held this judicial office until 1957. At the same time, he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor in 1948 and has since had the suffix "Sir". In addition, in 1948 he was named "Bencher" of the Lincoln's Inn Bar Association .
After the end of the judicial activity at the High Court of Justice in 1957 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales. Associated with this was his appointment as Privy Councilor .
Pearce was a Letters Patent from 19 April 1962 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Pearce , of Sweethaws in the County of Sussex for a member of the House of Lords in the nobility appointed and worked until joining retired on June 2, 1969 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary .
He then succeeded Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin, as Chairman of the Press Council in 1969 and held this position until he was replaced by Hartley Shawcross in 1974. In addition, between 1974 and 1976 he served as chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Takeover Panel , an appeal committee for takeovers and mergers.
literature
- Edward H. Pearce , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 06/1972 of January 31, 1972, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Edward Pearce at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pearce, Edward, Baron Pearce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pearce, Edward Holroyd, Baron Pearce (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sidcup , Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1990 |