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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Robert Lionel Goff canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ