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Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron Denning, OM, PC, DL (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999), was an English barrister and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938.
- He described homosexuality as a cult. During a parliamentary debate — which included the Earl of Halsbury describing homosexuals as promiscuous, exhibitionist “reservoirs of venereal diseases” — Denning said
- He struck out the Birmingham Six’s compensation claim for questionable reasons. Denning was one of many judges involved in what’s becoming known as the Birmingham Six case, in which six men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the deadly Birmingham pub bombings of 1974.
- Innocent people being hanged would ‘satisfy’ the community. Again on the Birmingham Six, Denning is reported to have said: “We shouldn’t have all these campaigns to get them released if they’d been hanged.
- Denning described a Tory politician born in London as a German Jew. Denning notably told a reporter that Leon Brittan, a now deceased Conservative MP and member of the European Commission, was a “German Jew”.
Mar 5, 1999 · Tom Denning stood firm for freedom under the law, a phrase he coined. His whole life was devoted to justice. His creativity was immense and his legacy will last for as long as the law itself.
Alfred Thompson " Tom " Denning, Baron Denning, OM, PC, DL (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999), was an English barrister and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938.
Nov 1, 2020 · Alfred Thompson ‘Tom’ Denning, Baron Denning, OM, PC, DL was one of five brothers only three survived the Second World War - one became a General, one an Admiral while he became Master of the Rolls. His autobiography ‘The Family Story’ can be read on Google Books.
Alfred Thompson ('Tom') Denning, Baron Denning. (1899-1999), Judge and writer on law. Sitter in 25 portraits. Influential jurist and legal author; called to the Bar 1923; Judge of the High Court of Justice (1944); Lord Justice of Appeal (1948-57); Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1957-62); Master of the Rolls (1962-82). Like.
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Nov 11, 2021 · Denning, Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron, 1899-1999. Publication date 2004 Topics Law -- Great Britain, Judge-made law -- Great Britain, Sociological jurisprudence
