Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock
William John Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock, QC (8 December 1907 – 14 October 1985[1]) was an English judge and Law Lord.
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Early life
Born the son of a Croydon solicitor, he attended Whitgift School and University College, Oxford, where he read chemistry and was later to become an Honorary Fellow.[2] His father was Herbert Diplock and his mother was Christine Brooke.
Career
Diplock was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1932 and made a King's Counsel (KC) in 1948. In 1956, he was appointed to the High Court.[2]
He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) in 1968[1] and was elevated as a life peer with the title Baron Diplock, of Wansford in the County of Huntingdonshire to the House of Lords.[2]
As Lord Diplock, he chaired a commission set up in 1972 to consider legal measures against terrorism in Northern Ireland, which led to the establishment of the juryless Diplock courts with which his name is now associated.
At the time of his death, Lord Diplock was the longest serving Law Lord.[1]
Contributions to legal thought
He made many contributions to legal thought and pushed the law in new and unique directions.
The current typology of grounds for judicial review is owing to Lord Diplock.
- Procedural impropriety[3]
- Nemo judex (Bias rule)[4]
- Audi alteram partem (Hearing rule)[5]
- Illegality[6]
- Ultra vires
- Simple ultra vires
- Extended ultra vires
- Procedural ultra vires
- Fettering
- Irrationality[6]
- Wednesbury irrationality
- Lack of proportionality
- Innominate Terms[7]
- Primary and Secondary Obligations[8]
Notable judgments
- Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [1962] 2 QB 26[2]
- Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust of Canada (CI) Ltd [1986] AC 207[2]
- Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1985] AC 374
- Whitehouse v Lemon; Whitehouse v Gay News Ltd [1979] 2 WLR 281
- O'Reilly v Mackman [1983] 2 AC 237
- American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] A.C.396 HL
See also
References
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- ↑ The Hong Kong Fir [1961] EWCA Civ 7
- ↑ Moschi v. Lep AirServices Ltd. [1973] A.C. 331 per Lord Diplock, confirmed in Photo Production Ltd. v Securior Transport Ltd. [1980] UKHL 2 at [5] per Lord Wilberforce
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