Sir Christopher John Slade (2 June 1927 – 7 February 2022) was a British judge who was a
Lord Justice of Appeal
A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...
from 1982 to 1991.
Personal life
His father was George Penkivil Slade.
He had two brothers (
Adrian and
Julian
Julian may refer to:
People
* Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363
* Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots
* Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints
* Julian (give ...
),
as well as a sister.
Slade was educated at
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...
, and was awarded the
Eldon Scholarship
The Eldon Law Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to students from the University of Oxford who wish to study for the English Bar. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a disti ...
.
Marriage
He married Jane Buckley in 1958. The couple had four children, Lucinda (born 1959), Victoria (born 1962), Richard (born 1963) and Amelia (born 1966).
Death
Slade died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 94.
Judicial decisions
Important judicial decisions of Lord Justice Slade include:
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Re Bond Worth Ltd
''Re Bond Worth Ltd'' 980Ch 228 is a UK insolvency law case, concerning retention of title clauses.
Facts
Bond Worth Ltd was a carpet manufacturing company. It bought man-made fibres from Monsanto Ltd and used them to make carpets. The conditi ...
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Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc''
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Adams v Cape Industries plc''
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Street v Mountford''
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Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v Aboody''
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Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corp
''Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corp'' 986Ch 246 is a UK company law case, concerning the enforceability of obligations against a company. The case was one of the last significant cases on ''ultra vires'' under English c ...
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Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland and Hamstead Plant Hire Co Ltd''
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Aveling Barford Ltd v Perion Ltd''
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Mikeover Ltd v Brady''
* ''Powell v McFarlane''
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Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd''
References
1927 births
2022 deaths
Alumni of New College, Oxford
Attorneys-General of the Duchy of Lancaster
20th-century English judges
Knights Bachelor
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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