Anthony Hooper (judge)

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The Right Honourable
Sir Anthony Hooper
Lord Justice of Appeal
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24 March 2004 –16 September 2012
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Born16 September 1937

Sir Anthony Hooper, PC (born 16 September 1937) is a British retired judge, [1] former professor of law, and a member of Matrix Chambers. He joined Matrix Chambers in 2013 after his retirement from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. In 2013 he was appointed inaugural Judicial Fellow of the Judicial Institute of University College, London, where he is an Honorary Professor. [2] He is an Honorary Fellow at Trinity hall, Cambridge. [3] Since 2018, he has been helping to fight corruption and to reform judicial system in Ukraine.

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A former academic, Hooper was General Editor of Blackstone's Criminal Practice (2010–2014), a member and then Deputy Chair of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (2005–2012), President of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (2001–2003) and Chairman of the Expert Witness Institute (2013–2017). Whilst at the Bar, he chaired the Bar Council's Race Relations Committee and was heavily involved in the production and implementation of the first Bar Equality Code. [2]

Early life and career

Hooper was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1965 (Inner Temple), elected a bencher in 2003, and served as Chairman of the Inns of Court School of Law. He was also admitted to the Bar in British Columbia and was a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. [3]

He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987 and served as a Recorder from 1976 until his appointment to High Court on 14 February 1995. He received the customary knighthood and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division and served as Presiding Judge on the South East Circuit from 1997 to 2000. On 24 March 2004, Hooper became a Lord Justice of Appeal, [4] [5] and was appointed to the Privy Council on 4 May of that year. Hooper reached the mandatory retirement age on 16 September 2012. [6]

In 2018, Ukrainian parliament adopted the law to establish the High Anti-Corruption Court focused on dealing with the corruption cases. In November 2018, Hooper was selected to serve as the member of the Public Council of International Experts which would help to select the judges to the new-formed court, and later he was elected the chairman of the council. [7] [8]

In November 2021, Hooper was appointed a member of the Ethics Council designed to establish the compliance of the members of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine with the criteria of professional ethics and integrity, [9] [10] and on 1 December of that year, he was elected the deputy chair of the council. [11]

Hooper was chair of a Post Office working group reviewing cases as part of a mediation scheme during the early stage of resolution of the British Post Office scandal. [12] [13] In April 2024 he gave evidence to the subsequent statutory inquiry. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "Sir Anthony Hooper". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Hooper". Trinity Hall Cambridge. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Rt Hon Lord Justice Hooper". Debrett's. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Judicial Appointments". Number10.gov.uk. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2 March 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  6. ↑ An interview with Lord Justice Hooper, chambersstudent.co.uk. Accessed 26 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "HQCJ Selects Public Council of International Experts for Selection of HACC Judges | Transparency International Ukraine". ti-ukraine.org. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sir Anthony Hooper, Chairman of the Public Council of International Experts". ukrinform.net. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Ethics Council's first composition appointed, it is important stage in judicial reform implementation – Zelensky". Interfax-Ukraine. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "President commends the appointment of the first composition of the Ethics Council as an extremely important stage in the successful implementation of judicial reform". Official website of the President of Ukraine. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Ethics Council Officially Launched - First Session Conducted". court.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. 1 2 Sigsworth, Tim; Parker, Fiona (10 April 2024). "Post Office inquiry live: Labour government said Horizon concerns were 'nothing to do with them'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  13. ↑ Hilborne, Nick (26 October 2022). "Independent barristers' review "contributed to Post Office cover-up"". Legal Futures. Retrieved 10 April 2024.


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