Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance
Jonathan Hugh Mance, Baron Mance, PC ( born June 6 1943) is a British judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Life and career
Mance was born on 6 June 1943 as one of four children of Sir Henry Mance, an important figure in Lloyd 's Register. Like his father, he attended Charterhouse School, a boarding school in Godalming, Surrey. Subsequently, he studied at University College, Oxford, and in 1965 approved by the Law Society of the Middle Temple.
In 1982 he became Attorney-General and 1989 Bencher. From 1993 to 1999 he was judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen 's Bench Division ). Mance was from 1999 to 2005 and Lord Justice of Appeal from 2005 to 2009, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Since 2009 he is a judge of the Supreme Court
From 1988 to 1994 he was director of the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund Ltd. From 2000 to 2002, Mance president of the British Insurance Law Association, previously from 1998 to 2000 Vice-President ( Deputy President ). From 1992 to 1993 he was Chairman ( Chairman ) of various banking Appeal Tribnalen. From 2000 to 2003 he was Chairman of the Consultative Council of European Judges. Since 2000 he has been Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Lawn Tennis Society Bar. Since 2009 he has been Chairman ( Chair ) of the International Law Association at the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee in Private International law.
He belonged to the Council of Europe 's Consultative Council of Judges as UK Representative Judge. Since 2009 he has been Chairman of the British - German Jurists Association.
Justice career
In 1990 he was appointed judge of the recorder and the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in 1993 and received at the same time was appointed a Knight Bachelor. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1999 and a member of the Privy Council.
Membership in the House of Lords
On 3 October 2005 he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and Life peer as Baron Mance of Frognal in the London Borough of Camden. He was assisted by Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann and Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton -under- Heywood, both also introduced Lords of Appeal on 12 October 2005, the same day as Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Financial Services Authority.
As states of interest he calls on the website of the House of Lords, European countries and the Republic of Congo. From 2007 to 2009 he was a member of the House of Lords EU Select Committee and was Chairman of the Sub-Committee E. Mance was a member of the Judicial Integrity Group.
On 1 October 2009, he and nine other Lords of Appeal judges of the new Supreme Court
As Senior Judge, he is disqualified from participation.
- Session of April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006: 4 days
- Session of April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007: 21 days
- Session 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008: 32 days
- Session 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009: 41 days
- Session 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010: 21 5 days
His presence at meeting days to 2009 was sporadic.
Honors
Mance was in 2003 member of the Trusteeship Council ( Trustee ), the European Law Academy. In the UC Oxford he became an Honorary Fellow in 2006.
Family
He is with Lady Mary Arden, at the time Lord Justice of Appeal, they are the first couple that at the same time was a member of the Court of Appeal. They have two daughters and a son. His interests include tennis, languages and music.