Sir John Frank Mummery, DL (born 5 September 1938) is a former

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and was President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal and a member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved in the UK.

Education

Mummery attended Dover Grammar School for Boys between 1949 and 1957 and then

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Legal career

Mummery was

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(

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) in 1964, becoming a

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in 1985. He was a Junior Treasury Counsel (charity matters 1977–1981; chancery matters 1981–1989). By the 1970s he was known as a copyright barrister, being consulted on matters such as

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's '' Black Mountain Side'' and its relation to Bert Jansch's version of '' Down by Blackwaterside.'' He also represented

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in efforts to stop the distribution of recordings of '' The Beatles in Hamburg''. He was appointed a recorder in 1989 before being appointed a High Court judge on 4 October the same year. He was assigned to the

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and received the customary knighthood. He was appointed a

on 1 October 1996. He served as President of the

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from 1993 to 1996, and was appointed President of the Security Services, Intelligence Services and Investigatory Powers Tribunals in 2000. He reached mandatory retirement on 5 September 2013. He was, from 2003, Chairman of the Trustees of the Royal Courts of Justice

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. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Chancellor of the

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, and was from 1996 to 2001 a governor of the Inns of Court School of Law. He has been a member of the Legal Advisory Commission of the

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since 1988 and Chairman of the Clergy Discipline Commission and Clergy Discipline Tribunal since 2004. He was a judge of the Court of Ecclesiastical Cases Reserved from 2006.

Judgments

Notable cases in which Mummery LJ has been involved include: *Compaq Computer Ltd v. Abercorn Group Ltd. (1993) B.C.L.C. 602; Mummery stated the broad aim of a retention of title clause or a proceeds of sale clause in a contract, reflecting "the seller's aim ... to prevent the goods and the proceeds of sale of its goods from becoming part of the assets of an

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buyer, available to satisfy the claims of the general body of

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s". * Clark v TDG Ltd (t/a Novacold Ltd) (1999) * Re Barings plc (No 5) (1999) * O'Neill v Phillips (1999) * Hollicourt (Contracts) Ltd v Bank of Ireland (2000) * Peskin v Anderson (2001) * Copsey v WWB Devon Clays Ltd (2005) * Fisher v Brooker / Onward Music Limited (2007) - '' A Whiter Shade of Pale'' authorship/royalties. * Redfearn v Serco Ltd (2006) * Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd

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EWCA Civ 1329,

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1 WLR 643 -

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concerning the doctrine of

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and

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in relation to "alteration promises". * Luke v Stoke County Council (2007) * Moore Stephens v Stone Rolls Ltd (2009) * Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Annabel’s (Berkeley Square) Ltd (2009) * Gisda Cyf v Barratt (2010) * Link Lending v Bustard (2010)

Honours

In 2017, he was awarded The Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mummery, John 1938 births Living people Deputy lieutenants of Kent Chancery Division judges Knights Bachelor Lord justices of appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford

Education

Legal career

Judgments

Honours

See also

References