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'''Sir (Francis) Humphrey Potts''' (18th August 1931 – 2nd December 2012) was an English [[barrister]] and [[judge]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Humphrey Potts Obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-humphrey-potts-rdt03vjp2r3 |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=News UK |date=9 January 2013}}</ref> He presided over several high-profile cases including the [[Jeffrey Archer]] perjury trial<ref>{{cite news |title=Archer jailed for four years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/19/archer.politics4 |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=19 July 2001}}</ref> and the trial of [[Anthony Sawoniuk]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Life for war criminal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/307921.stm |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=1 April 1999}}</ref> Sawoniuk, who died in 2005, is the only person to have been convicted under the [[War Crimes Act 1991]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Nazi war criminal Sawoniuk dies in jail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/07/secondworldwar.world |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=7 November 2005}}</ref> |
'''Sir (Francis) Humphrey Potts''' (18th August 1931 – 2nd December 2012) was an English [[barrister]] and [[judge]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Humphrey Potts Obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-humphrey-potts-rdt03vjp2r3 |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=News UK |date=9 January 2013}}</ref> He presided over several high-profile cases including the [[Jeffrey Archer]] perjury trial<ref>{{cite news |title=Archer jailed for four years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/19/archer.politics4 |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=19 July 2001}}</ref> and the trial of [[Anthony Sawoniuk]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Life for war criminal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/307921.stm |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=BBC News |date=1 April 1999}}</ref> Sawoniuk, who died in 2005, is the only person to have been convicted under the [[War Crimes Act 1991]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Nazi war criminal Sawoniuk dies in jail |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/07/secondworldwar.world |access-date=23 May 2021 |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=7 November 2005}}</ref> |
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Sir (Francis) Humphrey Potts (18th August 1931 – 2nd December 2012) was an English barrister and judge.[1] He presided over several high-profile cases including the Jeffrey Archer perjury trial[2] and the trial of Anthony Sawoniuk.[3] Sawoniuk, who died in 2005, is the only person to have been convicted under the War Crimes Act 1991[4]
Born in County Durham in 1931, he grew up in Penshaw, where his parents were farmers. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle where he was a contemporary and life-long friend of Peter Taylor [5]and Geoffrey Bindman.[6]
He read law at St Catherine’s College, Oxford and was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1955.[6]
His practice as barrister consisted of civil and criminal cases largely on the North Eastern Circuit. He took silk in 1971, became a Recorder and was appointed High Court judge, of the Queen’s Bench Division in 1986.[7]
Between 1988 and 1991 he served as Presiding Judge of the North East Circuit. He also sat on several judicial bodies including the Parole Board, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and the Mental Health Review Tribunal. In 1997 he was appointed the chairman of the newly created Special Immigration Appeals Commission.[8]
He retired in 2001 and lived in Hownam in the Scottish Borders until his death, aged 81, in 2012[7]
References
- ^ "Sir Humphrey Potts Obituary". News UK. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Archer jailed for four years". Guardian Media Group. 19 July 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Life for war criminal". BBC News. 1 April 1999. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Nazi war criminal Sawoniuk dies in jail". Guardian Media Group. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Amos, Mike (15 January 2013). "Old old story". Newsquest (Yorkshire and North East) Ltd. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Sir Humphrey Potts; Obituaries". The Free Library. MGN. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Sir Humphrey Potts Obituary". Telegraph Media Group. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Who's Who". Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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