Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan

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Michael Patrick Nolan, Baron Nolan Kt PC QC (born September 10, 1928 in London - † January 22, 2007 ) 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

Lawyer and judge

After visiting Ampleforth College made Nolan, whose father James Nolan Solicitor was, from 1947 to 1949 his military service in the Royal Artillery and then also graduated in law at Wadham College of Oxford University , where the later Northern Ireland Minister Patrick Mayhew and Stephen Tumim , who was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons between 1987 and 1995 , were among his fellow students . After graduating, he was admitted to the Bar ( Inns of Court ) of Middle Temple in 1953 and then took up a position as a barrister . For his lawyer's merits he was appointed in 1968 Attorney-General ( Queen's Counsel appointed), and also received in 1974 a lawyer approval for Northern Ireland. He was also appointed Crown Attorney for Northern Ireland in 1974 and in 1975 as a so-called "Bencher" of the Middle Temple Bar Association.

After more than twenty years of activity, Nolan moved to the judicial service in 1975 and was initially a recorder (city judge) at the Crown Court of Kent . He was then appointed judge in the Chamber for Civil Matters ( Queen's Bench Division ) at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales in 1982 . This judge's office was held by Nolan, who was also beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree in 1982 and thus had the suffix "Sir", until 1991. He also served between 1985 and 1988 as presiding judge of the Senate ( Western Circuit ) of the High Court responsible for West England .

After completing his post as a judge at the High Court of Justice, in 1991 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he served until 1994. He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1991.

Member of the House of Lords and Lord Justice

Last Nolan was a Letters Patent of 11 January 1994 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Nolan , of Brasted in the County of Kent for a member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his Resignation on September 30, 1998 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary .

During this time he was between 1994 and 1997 and first chairman of the newly established Committee for Standards in Public Life ( Committee on Standards in Public Life ) supported by the government of by the so-called "cash-for-questions affair" Prime Minister John Major was used and dealt with allegations of corruption against members of parliament and developed legal standards for elected officials ( Nolan Principles ). He was succeeded as chairman of the committee in 1997 by Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen .

Thereafter, Baron Nolan acted as successor to Patrick Nairne from 1997 until his replacement by Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury in 2002 as Chancellor of the University of Essex . At the same time he was active from 2000 to 2001 as chairman of the reform commission for child protection of the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom .

Since 1953 Nolan was married to Margaret Noyes, the younger daughter of the poet Alfred Noyes .

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personal data
SURNAME Nolan, Michael, Baron Nolan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nolan, Michael Patrick, Baron Nolan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 2007