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Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan

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In retirement, Lord Nolan suffered from an unspecified degenerative disease, dying in 2007 at age 78. He was survived by his wife, their son and four daughters, and twelve grandchildren.
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The principles embodied and articulated in the first report have since become embedded in public life in Britain, and are often referred to
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in the mid-19th century. Lord Nolan cited his parents as "the first and foremost influences on my life". The Nolan family lived in
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contrary to an earlier court order. He also sat in the constitution of the Court of Appeal which quashed the conviction of
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Nolan was the son of James Nolan, a solicitor, and his wife, Jane Nolan. His father's family had left
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He married Margaret Noyes, whom he met at Oxford, in 1953; she was the younger daughter of the poet
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of corrupt politics as founding chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life."
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in 1989, and in the case to review the decision not to bring prosecutions after the
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in 1974, becoming a QC in Northern Ireland at the same time. He was a member of the
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After just over two years in the Court of Appeal, he was promoted to the
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Nolan continued to serve in a public role in his retirement.
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from 1994 to 1997. The committee was set up in late 1994 by
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Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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in Kent from 1975 to 1982, when he was appointed as a
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Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
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He was Presiding Judge of the 343:, he granted injunctions to the 942:. 14 January 1994. p. 553. 308:from 1974 to 1980. 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Michael Nolan (disambiguation)
The Right Honourable
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DL
KC

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Elizabeth II
Alma mater
Wadham College, Oxford
Barrister
PC
DL
KC
Committee on Standards in Public Life
The Guardian
Augean stable
County Kerry
Bexhill-on-Sea
Ampleforth College
national service
Royal Artillery
Wadham College, Oxford
Patrick Mayhew
Stephen Tumim
Alfred Noyes
Côte d'Azur
bar
Middle Temple
Queen's Counsel

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