Popplewell, Oliver
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Name (Latin)
Popplewell, Oliver
Other forms of name
Popplewell, Mr. Justice
Date of birth
1927-08-15
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- nuc88-41301: Great Britain. Committee of Inquiry into Crowd Safety and Control at Sports Grounds. Final report, 1986(hdg. on CU-L rept.: Popplewell, Oliver; usage: Mr. Justice Popplewell)
- His Benchmark, 2003:t.p. (Oliver Popplewell)
Wikipedia description:
Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell (15 August 1927 – 6 June 2024) was a British judge and cricketer. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken MP against The Guardian newspaper which eventually led to Aitken's imprisonment for perjury, and was widely reported for asking "What is Linford's lunchbox?" during a case over which he was presiding, brought by Linford Christie. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1994 to 1996. He wrote a memoir of his legal career, published in 2003.
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