# John Chadwick (judge)

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**Sir John Murray Chadwick**, [ED](/source/Efficiency_Decoration), [PC](/source/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom) (born 20 January 1941) is a retired [English Lord Justice of Appeal](/source/Court_of_Appeal_judge_(England_and_Wales)).[2] He also served as the President of the Court of Appeal of the [Cayman Islands](/source/Cayman_Islands),[3] and as a judge of the [Dubai International Financial Centre](/source/Dubai_International_Financial_Centre) court.[4] Sir John was also standing Counsel to the [DTI](/source/Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)), and sat as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of [Jersey](/source/Jersey) and [Guernsey](/source/Guernsey).[2] He also works as an [arbitrator](/source/Arbitral_tribunal).[2]

## Biography

He was born in [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham) to Hector George Chadwick and Margaret Corry Laing. He was educated at [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) and [Magdalene College, Cambridge](/source/Magdalene_College,_Cambridge).[1] He was called to the bar aged 25 in 1966 as a member of the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple); he became a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 1980.[5]

He was appointed as a High Court judge in 1991 and received the customary [knighthood](/source/Knight_Bachelor). He then sat in the Chancery Division for 6 years. He was promoted to the [Court of Appeal](/source/Court_of_Appeal_(England_and_Wales)) in 1997, where he was appointed to the [Privy Council](/source/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council). He retired from the English Court of Appeal in November 2007.

## Notable decisions

Notable decisions of Lord Justice Chadwick included:

- 2001. (reversed on appeal by the Supreme Court)
- 2003.
- Penrose and Another v The Official Receiver (1995)[6]
- *[Midland Bank plc v Cooke](/source/Midland_Bank_plc_v_Cooke)* [1995] 4 All ER 562
- 2004.
- 1999. (dissenting)
- 1998.
- 2006.
- 1999. (dissenting)

## Equitable Life

In 2009, Sir John Chadwick was also appointed to lead an inquiry into the failure of [The Equitable Life Assurance Society](/source/The_Equitable_Life_Assurance_Society), and to recommend compensation for the victims. This led ultimately to the passing of the [Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010](/source/Equitable_Life_(Payments)_Act_2010).

## Controversy

Sir John was appointed as chair of a public inquiry in relation to allegations of feeding fox cubs to hounds. It later emerged that he had been filmed whilst he was involved in a hunt which clashed with protesters, and it was alleged that he was filmed using his horsewhip in the direction of protesters.[7]

## References

1. Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). *[Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood](/source/Burke's_Peerage)*. 107 ed. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 740. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

1. ["Sir John Chadwick"](http://www.oeclaw.co.uk/barristers/profile/the-rt-hon-sir-john-chadwick). Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. ["Sir John Chadwick Retires"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160614/https://www.judicial.ky/sir-john-chadwick-retires). Archived from [the original](https://www.judicial.ky/sir-john-chadwick-retires) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. ["Deputy Chief Justice Sir John Murray Chadwick"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054523/http://difccourts.ae/about-the-courts/courts-structure/judges/sir-john-murray-chadwick/). Archived from [the original](http://difccourts.ae/about-the-courts/courts-structure/judges/sir-john-murray-chadwick/) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. Drewry, Gavin; Blom-Cooper, Louis; Blake, Charles (10 April 2007). [*The Court of Appeal*](https://books.google.com/books?id=DObbBAAAQBAJ&q=sir+john+chadwick+judge&pg=PA117). Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781847313591. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

1. [Penrose and Another v Official Receiver](https://vlex.co.uk/vid/penrose-and-another-v-806110529)

1. ["Judge heading probe into killing of fox cubs was huntsman filmed in clash with protesters"](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/judge-heading-probe-killing-fox-8424616). *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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