Sir Gavin Anthony Lightman (20 December 1939 – 2 March 2020)Sir Gavin Lightman
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, since 1994. He retired from office as a High Court judge on 10 January 2008 and was later the chairman of Harbour Litigation Funding's Investment Committee. He was the son of Harold Lightman and the brother of Stafford Lightman.

Education

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(LLB 1st class Hons 1961; Fellow, 2002) *

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(LLM)

Career

* Faculty of Law,

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, 1962 * Called to the Bar,

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, 1963, Bencher 1987; QC 1980 * Judge of the Crown Office 1995- (now Administrative Court) * Judge of the Restrictive Practices Court 1997-2001 * Elected Fellow of University College of London. 2002 * Accreditation by CEDR as a Mediator. 2007 * Elected Treasurer of Lincoln’s Inn from 2008-2009. * Resumed practice at Serle Court. 2008 * Elected President of The Association of European Judges Committed to Mediation (GEMME). 2009 *

Other positions

* Vice President,

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, 1995- (Dep. Pres., 1986–92) * Chairman: Education Committee, Anglo Jewish Association, 1986–94 * Chairman: Education Committee, Hillel House, 1992-96 (Vice-Pres., 1996-) * Chairman: Legal Friends,

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, 1990- (Governor, 1994 * Chairman: Leonard Sainer Legal Education Foundation, 2000- * Patron: Commonwealth Jewish Council, 1994-2000 (Chm., 2000-) * Patron: Hammerson Home, 1996- * Patron: British Fulbright Scholars Association (BFSA), 2008- * Treasurer: Lincoln's Inn, 2008 * Chairman: Investment Committee
Harbour Litigation Funding
(2010–presen

Arms

References

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External links

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1939 births 2020 deaths 20th-century English judges Knights Bachelor English King's Counsel Members of Lincoln's Inn 20th-century King's Counsel English Jews Alumni of University College London Chancery Division judges University of Michigan Law School alumni English people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent English people of Scottish descent English people of German-Jewish descent 21st-century English judges {{UK-law-bio-stub Alumni of the UCL Faculty of Laws