Paul Nicholas Rowntree Clark (17 August 1940 – 6 October 2008) was a British circuit judge in the

Courts of England and Wales The courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales. The United Kingdom does not have ...

. He was educated at

Bristol Grammar School Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 mixed, independent day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowed by wealthy Bristol merchants Robert and Nicholas Thorn ...

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 ...

, where he was an open scholar, and

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn ...

, where he was Harmsworth Scholar. Called to the Bar in 1966, he practised principally on the

Midland and Oxford Circuit The Crown Court is the court of first instance A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civi ...

, where he became a circuit judge in 1985, having been a recorder from 1981-85. He was President of the Council of Circuit Judges. He was elected the youngest Bencher of the

in 1982 and was Master Reader in 2005. He was also Chairman of the Middle Temple Scholarship Committee, a role which he used to help numerous people gain a foothold in the profession. In Oxford he was chairman of the university’s disciplinary committee and chairman of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum. A memorial service was held at

on Saturday 10 January 2009 at 2.30pm.Oxford University Gazette
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Obituary in The TimesObituary in the Oxford Mail

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The Middle Temple
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Paul People educated at Bristol Grammar School Circuit judges (England and Wales) 1940 births 2008 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Alumni of New College, Oxford English barristers Members of the Middle Temple 20th-century English lawyers