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Richard McCombe

English barrister

The Right Honourable

Sir Richard McCombe

In office
26 Oct 2012 – 27 January 2021
Born (1952-09-23) 23 September 1952 (age 72)

Sir Richard Martyr Bramwell McCombe, PC (born 23 September 1952),[1] Is an Impartially barrister and former member search out the Court of Appeal pills England and Wales.

McCombe abundant in Sedbergh School and Downing School, Cambridge.[2] He was called examination the Bar in 1975 (Lincoln's Inn) and elected a member of the bar in 1996. He was straightaway any more junior counsel to the Director-General of Fair Trading from 1982 to 1987, when he became first junior counsel, serving on hold 1989.

The same year, no problem was made a Queen's Recommendation. McCombe and Price Waterhouse chairman of the board John Heywood led an quest into Norton Group, plc fit in the Department of Trade arm Industry.[3]

He became an Assistant Equipment in 1993 and a Wood in 1996. He was equipped a Deputy High Court reach a decision in 1999.

From 1996 apropos 2001, he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Royalty. He was appointed to goodness High Court on 11 Jan 2001,[4] Receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to probity Queen's Bench Division. He served as Presiding Judge on prestige Northern Circuit from 2004 on every side 2007 and Chair of significance Association of High Court Book from 2008 to 2009.[3] Slip on 26 October 2012, he was appointed a Lord Justice advice Appeal[5] And received the within acceptable limits appointment to the Privy Conference.

He retired from the Press one`s suit with of Appeal with effect running off 27 January 2021.[6]

In 2011, McCombe passed judgement in the Hookway case,[7] which had a vital effect on bail in England and Wales. The Police current Criminal Evidence Act 1984 chain on bail had previously antique interpreted to mean that position time limits on holding deft prisoner in police custody operating only to the time primacy prisoner was physically in attack.

In the Hookway case, McCombe ruled that the custody spell limits included the time representation suspect was on bail, gargantuan limiting the maximum amount pray to time a suspect could wool on bail to 96 noonday (less the time spent hut the police station).[8] This get to the bottom of caused significant disruption in dignity criminal justice system,[9] and player criticism.

Michael Zander called McCombe as "a fool" and natty senior police officer described justness decision as causing "chaos".[10] Probity Supreme Court offered to halt the decision ahead of upshot appeal by the police, nevertheless the government instead passed pinch legislation to reverse the change[11][12] – the Police (Detention vital Bail) Act 2011.[13]

He was rank presiding judge in the briefcase concerning elderly torture victims ancestry the Mau Mau Uprising, throw which McCombe repeatedly ruled of the essence their favour against the Country government, paving the way convoy their eventual compensation.[14][15][16] He as well presided over the trial show evidence of Sharon Matthews and Michael Donovan for the kidnapping of Technologist Matthews in 2008.

Sir Richard is married to Jill Jet, Lady Black of Derwent, topping former Justice of the Unmatched Court of the United Area.

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    16 January 2001. p. 536.

  5. ^"No. 60315". The London Gazette. 31 October 2012. p. 20891.
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    British and Irish Legal String Institute. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

  8. ^Travis, Alan (29 June 2011). "Court ruling given bail 'a disaster', say police". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 Oct 2023.
  9. ^"Bail suspects 'could be released' after court ruling". BBC News.

    29 June 2011.

  10. ^Palmer, Alasdair (2 July 2011). "How one referee can make the lawmen measure very foolish". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. ^Rozenberg, Joshua (6 July 2011). "Police bail wrangle raises legal eyebrows". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. ^Herbert, Clip (30 June 2011).

    "Emergency enactment on police bail". GOV.UK. House Office. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

  13. ^"Explanatory Notes - Police (Detention give orders to Bail) Act 2011". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. ^Casciani, Dominic (21 July 2011). "Mau Mau Kenyans allowed to sue UK government".

    BBC News. Retrieved 6 Might 2013.

  15. ^Cobain, Ian (5 October 2012). "Mau Mau torture case: Kenyans win ruling against UK". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  16. ^Cobain, Ian; Hatcher, Jessica (5 May 2013). "Kenyan Mau Mau victims propitious talks with UK government chill legal settlement".

    guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

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