Jean-Pierre Warner

Sir Jean-Pierre Warner (born September 24, 1924 , † February 1, 2005 ) was a British lawyer and advocate general at the European Court of Justice .

Life

Jean-Pierre Warner was born the son of a British woman and a French woman. When he was four, his father died and his mother moved to France with him and his brother . In France he first attended the Saint Croix de Neuilly school in Neuilly-sur-Seine , then the École des Roches boarding school in Normandy . In 1938 his mother sent him to the London Borough of Harrow to complete his school education. With World War II beginning , his mother decided that crossing the English Channel on vacation would be too risky. He then returned to France. When the French army collapsed as a result of the German advance , the family first fled to Bordeaux and tried to escape to Great Britain by boat, which eventually succeeded from Bayonne .

After finishing school in Harrow two years later, Warner attended Trinity College at Cambridge University , where he initially studied history. Jean-Pierre Warner joined the British Army in February 1943. He served there in a rifle brigade and took part in military operations in the European and Asian theater of war during the Second World War. In 1947 he finished his military service with the rank of acting major .

As early as 1948, he completed his legal studies with a bachelor's degree . In early 1950, he began his legal career when he was admitted to the bar as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn . Jean-Pierre Warner specialized early on in corporate , tax and real estate law . Warner served as a barrister until 1972, when he became a member of the board of directors of Lincoln's Inn in 1966. He was from 1959 to 1968 the city council of the Conservative of the London district Royal Borough of Kensington and 1952-1970 director of Warner & Sons Ltd. In November 1972 he became crown attorney .

After the United Kingdom joined the European Community in 1972 , Warner was nominated as Advocate General for Great Britain because he spoke French , the working language of the European Court of Justice. From January 9, 1973 to February 26, 1981, he was the first British Advocate General at the European Court of Justice. His office differed significantly from the legal tradition of British case law . But he succeeded in the work of the court, which was rather shaped by the traditions of continental European law, in order to enrich British aspects. So the oral negotiations became more important under his influence.

Upon his return, Warner became a judge in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice and was promoted to a Knight Bachelor degree . He held this office until his retirement in 1994.

Web links

• Short biography on the homepage of the ECJ
• Obituary in The Times, February 23, 2005