Background
LANE, Geoffrey Dawson Lane was born on July 17, 1918. Son of the late Percy Albert Lane.
LANE, Geoffrey Dawson Lane was born on July 17, 1918. Son of the late Percy Albert Lane.
Shrewsbury, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Served in Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Squadron Leader 1942. Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn 1946, Bencher 1966. Queen"s Counsel 1962.
Deputy Chairman Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions 1960-1966.
Chairman 1972; a Judge, High Court of Justice, Queen"s Bench Division 1966-1974. A Lord Justice of Appeal 1974-1979.
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1979. Lord Chief Justice of England April since 1980.
Honorary Master of Bench, Inner Temple 1980.
Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Cambridge) 1984.
Parole Board 1970-1972.
Married January Macdonald in 1944.