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William John Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock (8 December 1907–14 October 1985) 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 was later to become an Honorary Fellow.
Career
He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1968 and was elevated as a life peer with the title Baron Diplock, of Wansford in the County of Huntingdonshire to the House of Lords.
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.
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 due to Lord Diplock.
- Procedural impropriety
- Nemo judex (Bias rule)
- Audi alteram partem (Hearing rule)
- Illegality
- Ultra vires
- Simple ultra vires
- Extended ultra vires
- Procedural ultra vires
- Fettering
- Irrationality
- Wednesbury irrationality
- Lack of proportionality
Famous judgments
- Harvela Investments Ltd v. Royal Trust of Canada (CI) Ltd [1986] AC 207
- 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
See also
Judicial Review in English Law
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