Background
FIELDSEND, John Charles Rowell was born on September 13, 1921 in Lincoln. Son of Charles and Phyllis Fieldsend.
FIELDSEND, John Charles Rowell was born on September 13, 1921 in Lincoln. Son of Charles and Phyllis Fieldsend.
Bachelor, Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1947.
Served Royal Artillery 1943-1945. Called to the Bar, S. Rhodesia 1947, Queen's Counsel 1959. Advocate in private practice 1947-1963.
President Special Income Tax Court for Federation Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1958-1963. High Court Judge, S. Rhodesia 1963-1968 (resigned). Assistant Solicitor, Law Commission, for England and Wales 1968-1978.
Secretary Law Commission 1978-1980. Chief Justice of Zimbabwe 1980-1983. Chief Justice, Turks and Caicos Islands 1985-1987.
Judge, Court of Appeal, St. Helena, Ascension, Falkland Islands and British Antarctic Territory since 1985, Court of Appeal, Gibraltar since 1985 (President 1990). Principal Legal Adviser, British Indian Ocean Territory 1984-1987, Chief Justice since 1987.
With Royal Artillery, 1943-1945.
Married Muriel Gedling, 1945. 2 children.