Graham Boal

{{Short description|British judge (1943–2022)}}

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His Honour Judge John Graham Boal KC (24 October 1943 – 30 December 2022) was a British judge and author.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/his-honour-judge-graham-boal-kc-obituary-lh9qng626|title=His Honour Judge Graham Boal KC obituary|date=19 January 2023 |via=www.thetimes.co.uk}} {{subscription required}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibanet.org/podcasts/mental-wellbeing-graham-boal|title=Mental wellbeing: interview with Graham Boal QC, former Old Bailey judge|website=www.ibanet.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/1-march-1999/its-been-a-bad-week-for-69/|title=It's been a bad week for…|date=5 March 1999|website=The Lawyer | Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs}} He wrote a book about his alcoholism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/reviews/a-warts-and-all-account-of-life-at-the-bar/5109093.article|title=A warts and all account of life at the bar|first=David|last=Pickup|date=2021-07-09|website=Law Gazette}}

Graham Boal QC was a criminal barrister for thirty years before serving as a judge for nine years until his retirement as a Permanent Judge at London's Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in 2005. He was a trustee and board member of WDP, an addiction charity.