Francis
Bennion, defender of the rule of law, born in 1923
and still going strong-
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served for five years as a Coastal Command pilot in the RAFVR
during World War 2 |
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took a law degree at Oxford University, was called to the Bar
by the Middle Temple, and then served as an Oxford University lecturer
and tutor in law at St Edmund Hall |
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practised at the Bar in common law and human rights cases |
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served 14 years as a Parliamentary Counsel drafting legislation
for the UK Government, including the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination
Act and the Consumer Credit Act, writing two books on the last |
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drafted constitutions converting Pakistan and Ghana into republics
and wrote The Constitutional Law of Ghana |
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founded or co-founded Freedom Under Law, Towards One World, the
Statute Law Society, the Statute Law Trust, the Statute Law
Review and the Dicey Trust |
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founded the World of Property Housing Trust (now part of Sanctuary
Housing Association) |
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co-founded the Professional Association of Teachers |
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promoted awareness of the need for education in statute law with
his definitive book Bennion on Statutory Interpretation (now in
its 5th edition) |
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wrote books on professional ethics and sexual ethics |
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regularly commented on political, legal and constitutional issues,
with around 300
letters published in national newspapers and journals(half being in The Times) |
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brought a successful
private prosecution against the Right Honourable Peter Hain for
offending against the rule of law |
