Lord Goff of Chieveley

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Lord Goff of Chieveley was a prominent British judge and legal scholar, best known for his influential work in the law of restitution and service as a Law Lord in the House of Lords.

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Lord Goff of Chieveley canonical 3
Baron Goff of Chieveley 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
Fellow of the British Academy ⓘ
Law Lord ⓘ
Queen's Counsel ⓘ
academic ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
human ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
life peer ⓘ
member of the House of Lords ⓘ
member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedAsLawLord 1986 ⓘ
areaOfInfluence English law of restitution ⓘ
common law of unjust enrichment ⓘ
birthName Robert Lionel Goff ⓘ
coAuthor Gareth Jones ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1926-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-08-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
New College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
familyName Goff ⓘ
fieldOfWork English private law ⓘ
law of restitution ⓘ
law of unjust enrichment ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix FBA ⓘ
PC ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
notableFor developing the modern law of restitution in England ⓘ
judicial service in the House of Lords ⓘ
notableWork The Law of Restitution ⓘ
placeOfBirth Staffordshire ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
placeOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Bencher of Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford ⓘ
Fellow of New College, Oxford ⓘ
Justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Justice of Appeal ⓘ
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford ⓘ
retiredAsLawLord 1998 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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

Trinity Hall, Cambridge → hasAlumni → Lord Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
Lord Goff of Chieveley → nobleTitle → Baron Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Goff of Chieveley
Senior Law Lord → positionHeldBy → Lord Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
Robert Lionel Goff → honorificTitle → Baron Goff of Chieveley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Goff of Chieveley