Herbert du Parcq, Baron du Parcq

Herbert you Parcq, Baron du Parcq, of Grouville in the Isle of Jersey PC KC ( * August 5, 1880 in Saint Helier, Jersey, † April 27, 1949 in London) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary due to the Appellate jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life peer was also a member of the House of Lords.

Life

Lawyer and judge

After visiting the Victoria College in Jersey you Parcq completed a degree in Classical Studies at Exeter College, University of Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Literae Humaniores ). He also studied law at Jesus College, University of Oxford, which he finished with a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL ). During his studies he was in 1902 president of the debating club of the University (Oxford Union) and was awarded in 1906 after graduating his legal approval to the Chamber of Lawyers ( Inns of Court ) of the Middle Temple. He then began working as a barrister and was awarded for his lawyer's achievements in 1926 the title of Kronanwalts (King 's Counsel ).

After more than twenty years of legal work you Parcq changed in 1928 in the judicial service and was initially Recorder ( magistrates ) of Portsmouth, before he served as municipal judge of Bristol from 1929 to 1932. During this period he investigated in 1932 the circumstances of a prisoner uprising at the prison of Dartmoor. 1932 you Parcq was the 1931 so-called " Bencher " of the Bar of the Middle Temple, Judge of the Chamber of Civil Cases ( King's Bench Division ) to the Commissioner for England and Wales High Court of Justice, and held this office of judge until 1938. At the same time he was 1932 defeated Knight Bachelor and led since then the additional name "Sir".

Ascent to the Lord Justice and the House of Lords member

Upon completion of this activity took place in 1938 judge his appeal to the judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal, which is responsible for England and Wales Court of Appeal, where he worked until 1946. In addition, he was also appointed Privy Councillor in 1938 and 1945, a judge at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

Finally, you Parcq was a Letters Patent of February 5, 1946 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act appointed in 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron du Parcq, of Grouville in the Isle of Jersey as a member of the House of Lords to the nobility and worked until his death in 1949 as Lord Justice (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary). In 1946 he was also Chairman of the Royal Commission for Justice of the Peace ( Royal Commission into Justices of Peace ).

Publications

In addition to legal literature you Parcq also published a biography of the later Prime Minister David Lloyd George.

• Life of David Lloyd George, 1912
• Aspects of the law, 1948