Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich

Nigel Cyprian Bridge Baron Bridge of Harwich, (* 26 February 1917 in Codicote , Hertfordshire ; † 20th November 2007 in London ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary , according to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a Life Peer and Was a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Studies, Lord Judge and Member of the House of Lords

After attending school, Bridge, the son of an officer in the Royal Navy , worked as a journalist for daily newspapers in Lancashire after 1934 and joined the British Army in 1940 during World War II . In the following years he found use in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was last promoted to captain .

After the end of the war, he completed a law degree and was admitted to the bar ( Inns of Court ) of Inner Temple after completing his studies in 1947 . He then took up a job as a barrister and in 1964 became a so-called "Bencher" of the Inner Temple Bar Association. He then worked 1964-1968 as legal counsel to the Treasury ( Treasury ).

In 1968 he became a judge in the Chamber for Civil Matters ( Queen's Bench Division ) at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales and held this judge's office until 1975. At the same time, he was promoted to a Knight Bachelor in 1968 and has since had the suffix "Sir". Most recently he was also presiding judge of the Senate for West England ( Western Circuit ) of the High Court of Justice between 1972 and 1975 . As such, he conducted the trial of the Birmingham Six , six men who falsely in 1975 for IRA - bombings in the British Birmingham were sentenced to life imprisonment.

After finishing this judicial activity, he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) in 1975 at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1980. In addition, he was appointed Privy Councilor in 1975 .

Most recently, Bridge was appointed a member of the House of Lords by a letters patent dated September 29, 1980 on the basis of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Bridge of Harwich , of Harwich in the County of Essex, to the nobility and served until 1992 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ).

Significant judgments as Lord Judge

During his tenure as Lord Judge, he participated in a number of decisions such as:

• McLoughlin v O'Brian (1983): This Tort Law case concerned the possibility of a family claiming for psychological damage suffered by a family member in an accident.
• Wilsher v Essex Area Health Authority (1988): In this case from the Tort Law, the Lord Judges dealt with the "substantial increase in a risk" as a test of causation.
• Caparo Industries plc v Dickman (1990): These proceedings from the Tort Law were about the examination of duties of care .
• Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (1992): In this case from the Tort Law, the lord judges dealt with the question of liability for nervous shock as a cause of mental harm.
• Murphy v Brentwood District Council (1991): This tort law case concerned the compensation of pure economic damage due to tort.
• Abbey National Building Society v Cann (1991): This Land Law case came to a decision on the right of a person with a legitimate interest in real property that is actually in their possession when a bank repossesses it he seeks.
• Lloyds Bank plc v Rosset (1991): In this case from the Property Law , the Lord Judges dealt with the rights of partners.

Web links

• Nigel Bridge im Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages