Table of Contents

Lawyers on Lord Denning
Lord Denning on Lord Denning
Preface
Note on Currency
Chapter I: Beginnings – From Whitchurch to Oxford
Chapter II: The First World War
Chapter III: 1920s – From Oxford to the Bar
Chapter IV: 1930s – From First Marriage to the Second World War
Chapter V: The Second World War
Chapter VI: Judicial Beginnings – Wills, Wives and Wrecks
Chapter VII: 1945–47 – Second Marriage, Second Judicial Role
Chapter VIII: The Court of Appeal
Chapter IX: The House of Lords
Chapter X: Master of the Rolls – Appointment and Beginnings
Chapter XI: Profumo
Chapter XII: Master of the Rolls – Travel and Other Engagements
Chapter XIII: Master of the Rolls – Pre-trial Remedies
Chapter XIV: Master of the Rolls – Common Law
Chapter XV: Master of the Rolls – Family Law
Chapter XVI: Master of the Rolls – Employment Law
Chapter XVII: Master of the Rolls – Public Law
Chapter XVIII: Master of the Rolls – Security of the Realm
Chapter XIX: Master of the Rolls – A Belated Author
Chapter XX: Master of the Rolls – Resignation
Chapter XXI: Later Years
Chapter XXII: The End
Chapter XXIII: A Final Judgment

Appendix I: Denning in the Law Reports
Appendix II: Societies and Other Organisations
Appendix III: Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index

About the Author

James Wilson graduated from the University of Auckland with a BA/ LLB(Hons) and was awarded a senior prize in law. He practised in New Zealand and England before working as a legal author, editor and manager. His book ‘Court and Bowled: Tales of Cricket and the Law’ was long-listed for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year in 2015. He has also written many legal articles and blogs for publications including New Law Journal and Counsel magazine.