Lord denning autobiography of malcolm

  • His autobiography 'The Family Story' can be read on Google Books.
  • This book looks at that remarkable life story as well as assessing Denning's legacy, showing how he continues to influence, inspire and.
  • MALCOLM HAWK grew up in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Princeton University and Stanford Law School.

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    A Passion For Justice: Lord Denning, Christianity and The Law

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    This document discusses Lord Denning's religious beliefs and how they influenced his work as a judge. It notes that Denning was open about his Christianity and believed that religion and law were interconnected. While he did not let his religious views influence his rulings directly, his passion for justice and fairness was rooted in his Christian faith. The document also provides background on Denning's family upbringing and their emphasis on religion, as well as the influence of William Temple on Denning's thinking.

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    This document discusses Lord Denning's religious beliefs and how they influenced his work as a judge. It notes that Denning was open about his Christianity and
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    Fraternal memorials

    ‘They were the best of us.’

    Prefacing his memoir, The Family Story (1981), Tom Denning, the former Master of the Rolls, recorded his stock answer to a frequently asked question: namely, what were his parents like, having brought up such high-achieving sons – a judge, an admiral and a general.1 Denning would always correct the inquirer: ‘You forget. We were fem brothers. Two were lost in the First World War. They were the best of us.’2 In this brief retort we see Denning perform a complex act of remembering and commemoration: through his subtle invocation of the ‘lost generation’ – the ‘best’ of the cohort of young men who fell in the Great War; through his emphasis on the loss experienced by his fraternal family unit; and through his use of the slightly admonitory second-person ‘you’, which draws the attention of both the imagined questioner and his intended reading public to their collective, continuing duty to remember the sacrifice of the fallen.

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    Cuckfield Connections

    Lord Denning is described as ‘the law student’s favourite’ judge - a model of clarity. He was on the side of the ‘underdog’ and was known to show compassion in his decisions. To many - he was simply the most famous and popular judge of all time.

    He never held back his views - his judgements certainly make interesting reading. For trainee lawyers some famous Denning judicial decisions are required reading. Better known ones concern the Profumo Affair, and the Freddie Laker airline v British Airways and other's address national security issues. But times move on, and in this PC world, some of the views he expressed today would have to be more cautiously worded..

    Born in 1899 he enjoyed living in the country and was a resident of Cuckfield, in Copyhold Lane (for most of the time), from 1935 until 1963. He married his second wife Joan (Stuart) in Cuckfield’s Holy Trinity Church - his first wife Mary (Harvey) died in 1941 from complications a