Sir John Michael Wright (born 26 October 1932) is a retired British barrister and judge who served as a Justice of the
High Court of Justice
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in the
Queen’s Bench Division
The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.
It hears appeals on point ...
from 1990 to 2003. He is best known for presiding over the controversial inquest into the death of
Jean Charles de Menezes
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References
Requiem for the ‘people’s judge’Profile: Sir Michael Wright
Knights Bachelor
Queen's Bench Division judges
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
1932 births