Christopher Slade
{{Short description|British judge (1927–2022)}}
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{{Infobox Judge
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = Sir Christopher Slade
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| image = Sir Christopher John Slade Achievement.png
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| caption = Lord Justice Slade's coat of arms {{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/baz_manning/22295907481/in/pool-londonheraldry/ |title=Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Wd35 Slade, C |date=13 July 2009 |publisher=Baz Manning |accessdate=28 May 2020}}
| office = Lord Justice of Appeal
| term_start = 1982
| term_end = 1991
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| monarch = Elizabeth II
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|06|02}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2022|02|07|1927|06|02}}
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| birthname = Christopher John Slade
| nationality = British
| spouse = Jane Buckley
| residence = London
| alma_mater = New College, Oxford
| occupation = Judge
| profession = Barrister
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| office1 = Justice of the High Court
| term_start1 = 1975
| term_end1 = 1982
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Sir Christopher John Slade (2 June 1927–7 February 2022) was a British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal of England and Wales from 1982 to 1991.{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-6-2.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110603060144/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-6-2.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 June 2011 |publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=31 May 2014|date=2 June 2011|quote=Sir Christopher Slade, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, is 84 }}
Biography
The eldest son of George Penkivil Slade {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|KC}} (a kinsman of Sir Benjamin Slade, although not in remainder to the baronetcy) and Mary Carnegie,{{cite web|title=Sir Christopher John Slade |url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p61430.htm#i614297 |publisher=The Peerage |accessdate=31 May 2014}} he had two younger brothers, Julian (the composer) and Adrian (President of the Liberal Party),{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.julianslade.com/html/biography.html|publisher=Julian Slade - official website|accessdate=31 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802001745/http://www.julianslade.com/html/biography.html|archive-date=2 August 2014|url-status=dead}} as well as a sister, Pauline (who married David Hamilton-Russell, a grandson of the 8th Viscount Boyne).
Slade was educated at Eton before going up to New College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Eldon Scholarship.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/admissions/scholarships/further-funding-studying-career-bar/eldon-scholarship-award-holders-1919|title=Eldon Scholarship Award Holders since 1919|date=16 September 2015|publisher=Oxford University|accessdate=3 October 2017}} Taking silk in 1965, he served as Master of the Ironmongers' Company (for 1973/74),[https://www.ironmongers.org/about-us www.ironmongers.org] before being sworn of the Privy Council in 1982.
Married in 1958 to Jane Buckley, daughter of the Rt Hon. Sir Denys Buckley {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=90%|MBE}}, Sir Christopher and Lady Slade had four children, Lucinda now Tite (born 1959), Victoria now Henderson-Cleland (born 1962), Richard (born 1963) and Amelia now Jackson (born 1966).[https://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]
Sir Christopher Slade died on 7 February 2022, at the age of 94.{{cite news |title=Sir Christopher John Slade death notice |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/255336/slade |access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210053454/https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/255336/slade |url-status=dead }}
Judicial decisions
Important judicial decisions of Lord Justice Slade include:
- Re Bond Worth Ltd
- Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc
- Adams v Cape Industries plc
- Street v Mountford
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v Aboody
- Rolled Steel Products (Holdings) Ltd v British Steel Corp
- Phillips Products Ltd v Hyland and Hamstead Plant Hire Co Ltd
- Aveling Barford Ltd v Perion Ltd
- Mikeover Ltd v Brady
- Powell v McFarlane
- Winkworth v Christie Manson and Woods Ltd
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Category:People educated at Eton College
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Category:20th-century King's Counsel
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