Background
Goff, Lord Robert Lionel Archibald was born on November 12, 1926 in Alyth, Scotland. Son of Lionel Trevor and Isobel Jane (Denroche-Smith) Goff.
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Goff, Lord Robert Lionel Archibald was born on November 12, 1926 in Alyth, Scotland. Son of Lionel Trevor and Isobel Jane (Denroche-Smith) Goff.
Master of Arts, New College, Oxford University, 1950. Data Control Language, Oxford University, 1972. Doctor of Letters (honorary), City University, London, 1979.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Buckingham University, 1990. Doctor of Laws, Reading University, 1990. Doctor of Laws, London University, 1991.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bristol (England) University, 1996.
Served in Scots Guards 1945-1948 (Commissioned 1945). Called to the Bar. Inner Temple 1951. Bencher 1975; Queen's Counsel 1967.
Fellow and Tutor, Lincoln College, Oxford 1951-1955. In practice at the Bar 1956-1975. A; Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division 1975-1982.
Judge in charge of Commercial List, and Chairman Commercial Court Committee 1979-1981. Chairman Council of Legal Education 1976-1982. Vice-Chairman 1972-1976, Chairman Board of Studies 1970-1976.
Chairman Common Professional Examination Board 1976-1978. Chairman British Institute of Institute and Comparative Law since 1986. Court of University of London since 1986, Sub-Committee E (Law) of House of Lords Select Committee on European Communities 1986-1988.
President Bentham Club 1986, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 1986, Holdsworth Club 1988. Honorary Professor, of Legal Ethics, University of Birmingham 1980-1981. Maccabean Lecturer 1983.
Chairman Law Reform and Procedure Committee 1974-1976. Lord Justice of Appeal 1982-1986. Lord of Appeal inOrdinary since 1986.
High Steward Oxford University since 1990. Honorary Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford, New College, Oxford. Honorary Doctor of Letters (City) 1977, (Buckingham) 1989.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Reading, London) 1990.
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Fellow British Acd. London, Chartered Institute Arbitrators (president 1986-1991), British Institute International and Comparative Law (chairman since 1986).
Married Myrtle Sarah Frances Cousins, July 12, 1953. Children: Katharine Isobel, Juliet Mary Constance Jackson, Robert Thomas Alexander.