Sir Christopher John Wickens Farwell (26 December 1877 – 15 April 1943) was an English lawyer and High Court judge.

Biography

Christopher Farwell was son of Sir George Farwell, sometime a

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, and Mary Erskine, ''née'' Wickens, daughter of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Wickens. He was educated at

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, but did not proceed to university. He was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1902, three years after his father was appointed to the High Court. He was appointed a

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in 1923, and became a

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of Lincoln's Inn in 1928, in succession to Lord Haldane. He built a Chancery practice, described as sound but not outstanding. Farwell was appointed to the High Court of Justice in 1929, receiving the customary

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. He was assigned to the

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, following in the steps of his father and grand-father. He died in service in 1943. At his death, he was the senior Chancery judge. His last years on the bench were blighted by bad health. He was elected chairman of the Council of Legal Education, succeeding to Lord Justice Greer (later Lord Fairfield). He was the editor of the third edition of his father's treatise, ''Farwell on Powers''. In 1904, he married Leslie Hope, elder daughter of Dr T. C. Hope, of

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, Australia.

Notable cases

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'' 9311 Ch 310 * '' Gilford Motor Co Ltd v Horne''

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Sources

* The ''Times'', 17 April 1943 {{DEFAULTSORT:Farwell, Christopher Knights Bachelor 1943 deaths People educated at Winchester College Members of Lincoln's Inn English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel Chancery Division judges 1877 births