Graham John Virgo is an English legal academic, barrister and university administrator, who is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Cambridge. He is frequently cited in the English courts and those of other common law jurisdictions, and known for his contributions to the law of restitution and the teaching of law. He was previously Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge and will assume the role of Master of Downing College, Cambridge, on 1 October 2023.
Sir Kenneth Sydney Jacobs KBE QC was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Michael Anthony Harkey is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1988 to 1997 for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Oakland Athletics, California Angels, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Dame Gillian Morgan DBE was Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Assembly Government between May 2008 and August 2012. She has also worked in healthcare and healthcare management and is currently the independent chair of the One Gloucestershire integrated care system.
The following lists events that happened during 1878 in Australia.
Adrian Tan Gim Hai was a Singaporean lawyer and author. Known for writing the Teenage Textbook series of books in the 1980s, he was the 27th president of the Law Society of Singapore and a partner at TSMP Law Corporation.
Murray Herbert Tobias, was a retired Australian jurist who served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales between 28 April 2003 and 25 March 2011.
Richard Beasley is an Australian barrister, novelist and nonfiction writer.
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is an American steakhouse restaurant chain owned and operated by Bloomin' Brands, headquartered in Tampa, Florida. In addition to steak and wine, they serve a variety of American cuisine associated with fine dining, such as calamari, chocolate desserts, crab, lobster, and other seasonal specials. The Fleming’s 100 is a brand trademark that consists of a collection of 100 wines available by the glass or bottle.
Murugeysen Tiruchelvam, QC was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. Tiruchelvam was a leading lawyer having served as the Solicitor General of Ceylon; he served as the Cabinet Minister of Local Government as a member of Senate of Ceylon.
Philip James Sales, Lord Sales, PC is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He took office on 14 January 2019.
Malcolm Falkus was an economic historian, a lecturer at the London School of Economics, and a former professor and head of the Department of Economic History at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia.
Derek Andrew Ogg QC was a Scottish lawyer who, through the Historical Sexual Offences Pardons and Disregards Scotland Bill, campaigned for automatic pardons for gay and bisexual men with historical convictions of sexual offences that are no longer illegal in Scotland. In 1983 Ogg established the Scottish HIV and AIDS awareness charity Scottish AIDS Monitor.
Khawar Mehmood Qureshi is a British barrister and international lawyer. He is known for his involvement in numerous high-profile cases, including the recent cases of Philomena Mwilu and Kulbhushan Jadhav.
Karen Malcolm is a politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands. From 2016 to 2021, she was a member of the House of Assembly and the islands' minister of education, youth, culture, social, and library services.
Thomas Paul Wentworth Grant KC is an English barrister and author. He has been appointed Visiting Professor of Politics and Law at Gresham College for 2020–2021 and for 2021-2022. Grant was appointed a Visiting Professor Law at the London School of Economics in 2022
George Glaeser Anderson Munnik QC was a South African judge, Chief Justice of the Transkei High Court and Judge President of the Cape Provincial Division of the Supreme Court from 1981 until 1991.
Leopold Greenberg QC was a South African judge who served as Judge President of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and Judge of Appeal.
Margaret Barclay, was an accused witch put on trial in 1618, 'gently' tortured, confessed and was strangled and burned at the stake in Irvine, Scotland. Her case was written about with horror by the romantic novelist Sir Walter Scott, and in the 21st century, a campaign for a memorial in the town and for a pardon for Barclay and other accused witches was raised in the Scottish Parliament.
Eleanor Mary Henrietta Hill,, styled The Honourable Mrs Justice Hill is a British High Court Judge.
