Background
Ward was born and raised in South Africa and practised as an Attorney of the Supreme Court (solicitor), occasionally being instructed by Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo.
Ward was born and raised in South Africa and practised as an Attorney of the Supreme Court (solicitor), occasionally being instructed by Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo.
In 1961, he moved to England to take a second degree, reading law at Cambridge. He was called to the bar (Gray"s Inn) in 1964, becoming a bencher in 1988, and was made a Queen"s Counsel in 1984. Ward was appointed a High Court judge on 5 October 1988.
He was assigned to the Family Division and given the customary knighthood.
On 13 February 1995, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal. He reached mandatory retirement on 15 February 2013.
Separating conjoined twins After the surgery, Rosie died and Gracie Attard survived and returned to her native Malta. Sex discrimination.