Robert Lionel Goff

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Robert Lionel Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, was a prominent British judge and legal scholar renowned for his contributions to the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord.

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instanceOf British judge
human
legal scholar
life peer
areaOfInfluence English law of unjust enrichment
conflict of laws
coAuthor Gareth Jones
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1926-11-12
dateOfDeath 2016-08-14
educatedAt Eton College
New College, Oxford
familyName Goff
fieldOfWork English private law
law of restitution
givenName Robert
hasHonor FRS
Knight Bachelor
PC
honorificTitle Baron Goff of Chieveley
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
middleName Lionel
name Robert Lionel Goff
notableCase Attorney-General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd
White v Jones
notableFor judicial service in the House of Lords
systematising the modern English law of restitution
notableWork The Law of Restitution
occupation barrister
judge
university teacher
peerage Life peerage under the Life Peerages Act 1958
placeOfBirth Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales
Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
sexOrGender male
titleCreatedFor Barony of Goff of Chieveley

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Lord Goff of Chieveley birthName Robert Lionel Goff
Robert Lionel Goff name Robert Lionel Goff