Lord Denning

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Lord Denning was a prominent 20th-century English judge and Master of the Rolls, renowned for his influential and often controversial judgments that shaped modern common law.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Master of the Rolls 17
Lord Denning MR 10
Lord Denning canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English judge ⓘ
King's Counsel ⓘ
Life peer ⓘ
Master of the Rolls ⓘ
alumnus of Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
alumnus of the University of Oxford ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
legal writer ⓘ
member of the Privy Council ⓘ
birthName Alfred Thompson Denning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Andover Grammar School ⓘ
Magdalen College, Oxford ⓘ
familyName Denning ⓘ
fieldOfWork administrative law ⓘ
civil procedure ⓘ
common law ⓘ
contract law ⓘ
equity ⓘ
tort law ⓘ
givenName Alfred ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix DL ⓘ
OM ⓘ
PC ⓘ
knownFor expansive view of judicial discretion ⓘ
influence on Commonwealth jurisprudence ⓘ
plain English judicial writing style ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryConflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
militaryService British Army ⓘ
notableFor controversial public statements ⓘ
development of modern administrative law ⓘ
development of modern contract law ⓘ
development of modern equity and trusts ⓘ
influential judgments in English common law ⓘ
judicial activism ⓘ
notableWork Candler v Crane, Christmas & Co ⓘ
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd ⓘ
D & C Builders Ltd v Rees ⓘ
Denning Report on the Profumo affair ⓘ
Miller v Jackson ⓘ
Schorsch Meier GmbH v Hennin ⓘ
Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
peerage Life peerage in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld High Court judge of England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning

President of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division ⓘ
title Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magna Carta Memorial → unveiledBy → Lord Denning ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales → sharesJurisdictionWith → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Court of Appeal of England and Wales → presidingOfficerCivilDivision → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
judiciary of England and Wales → hasOffice → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Sir John Trevor → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Gray's Inn → hasNotableAlumnus → Lord Denning ⓘ
John Alcock → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Profumo affair → investigatedBy → Lord Denning ⓘ
Lord Denning → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Denning → title → Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Thomas Cromwell → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Court of Chancery → hasJudge → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Bingham of Cornhill → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Dyson → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Lord Woolf → positionHeld → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
President of the King’s Bench Division → collaboratesWith → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
President of the Family Division → worksWith → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales → headedBy → Master of the Rolls ⓘ
subject linked to: Civil Division
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report → author → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report → chair → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report → namedAfter → Lord Denning ⓘ
Denning Report on the Profumo affair → author → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report on the Profumo affair → chairperson → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report on the Profumo affair → inquiryHead → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Denning Report on the Profumo affair → namedAfter → Alfred Denning, Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Alfred Thompson Denning → honorificSuffix → Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Alfred Thompson Denning → nobleTitle → Baron Denning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Miller v Jackson → leadingJudge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Miller v Jackson → judge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Miller v Jackson → separateOpinionBy → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
D & C Builders Ltd v Rees → hasJudge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
D & C Builders Ltd v Rees → hasLeadingJudgmentBy → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd → leadingJudge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd → judge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Co (Contractors) Ltd → opinionBy → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Schorsch Meier GmbH v Hennin → involvesJudge → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Schorsch Meier GmbH v Hennin → hasJudgeOpinionBy → Lord Denning MR ⓘ
linked to: Lord Denning
Andover Grammar School → educated → Lord Denning ⓘ