Dinner & Talk "“Humour and the Law” by Lord Justice, Sir David Neuberger 7.45pm, 17 February 2006

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Scoti Albrecht, Fuzet Farid, Susan Lim, Sharon Saw and Geraldine Chong

 

The Oxford & Cambridge Society of Malaysia is honoured to have Lord Justice, Sir David Neuberger (see bio below), give a Talk on "Humour and the Law" at a dinner hosted by H.E. Bruce Cleghorn, at the Residence of the British High Commissioner on 17 February 2006.

This event is open to members and guests of the Oxford and Cambridge Society and is limited to 60 places only on a first come, first served basis.

Date: Friday, February 17th 2006

Venue: The British High Commissioner’s Residence, 27 Jalan Langgak Golf, 55000 KL

Charge: Members RM 30, Spouses/Guests RM 40

Dress code: smart casual.

Program: 19:45 – 20:15 Drinks 20:15 – 21:30 Dinner 21:30 – 21:50 Talk “Humour and the Law” by Lord Justice, Sir David Neuberger 21:50 – 22:00 Questions & Answers

RSVP: Please send in your reservation to Sharon Saw by email. Full names of all attendees are required for security purposes. Please send cheques, which are to be made payable to "The Oxford and Cambridge Society, Malaysia", to:

The Oxford and Cambridge Society, Malaysia
c/o Sharon Saw
369 Lorong Maarof
Bukit Bandaraya
KL 59100

Please note that payment MUST arrive before 12th February 2006. Reservations are only confirmed upon receipt of payment.

 

Sir David Neuberger:

Many judges get their experience only from the law courts. Sir David Neuberger is one of the exceptions.

Educated at Westminster, he went to Christ Church, Oxford where he read Chemistry (1966-1970). As a postgraduate, he discovered in his own words that “I realised that I was not particularly good at science, and did not greatly enjoy it”, and so on the advice of his career guidance counselor, he chose finance rather than law, “As law meant more exams, I opted for finance”.

He joined N.M. Rothschild’s, the storied merchant banker, where, again in his own words, “After two years in investment banking, it seemed clear that I was even less good at finance than at science”, and so he was persuaded by a barrister friend to try his hand at law. “It was a case of third time lucky”. Even so all was not plain sailing, as he was only called to the Bar after his fourth pupillage in 1974. However, being a late starter has not hindered his rapid rise.

He took Silk in 1987, was appointed a Recorder in 1990, and elected a Bencher in 1992 and a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Chancery Division, in 1996. In 2004 he was made a Lord Justice of Appeal and was appointed Judge in Charge of Modernisation with the responsibility to modernise the civil justice system.

He has been a Privy Councillor since 2004. He chairs the University of London’s Audit Committee, the UK Museums Provenance Committee for the period 1933-1945 and the Schizophrenia Research Fund.

He is married to Angela, and has three children.