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Sir Anthony Hooper—Expert Witness Institute

20 June 2013
Issue: 7565 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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New chairman for EWI

The Expert Witness Institute has appointed Sir Anthony Hooper as its new chair. Sir Anthony replaces James Badenoch QC who stepped down on 5 June after nine years. Sir Anthony recently retired from the Court of Appeal to which he was appointed in 2004. Following a period as an academic in England and Canada, he practiced as a barrister in London, specialising in criminal law, and in 1995 he was appointed a High Court judge. Currently, Sir Anthony is the inaugural judicial fellow of the UCL Judicial Institute and an honorary professor in the law faculty at the university.

Issue: 7565 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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