Charles Haddon-Cave
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Sir Charles Anthony Haddon-Cave (born 20 March 1956), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, is a British judge serving in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales.
Haddon-Cave was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1978, and elected a bencher in 2003. He was called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1980.[1] Haddon-Cave took silk in 1999, and served as an assistant recorder from 1998 to 2000.[2] He then served as a recorder until his appointment to the High Court on 31 October 2011,[3] upon which occasion he was knighted.[2]
Sir Charles is the son of Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981, and elder brother to Francis, who was called to the Hong Kong bar in 1999.
Haddon-Cave led a review into the 2006 RAF Nimrod crash.
He sentenced the Parsons Green bomber to a minimum of 34 years in prison in 2018.[4] He said, “You will have plenty of time to study the Koran in Prison… the Koran is a book of peace… Islam forbids breaking the law of the land…..Islam forbids terror.”[5]
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References
- ↑ "The Hon Mr Justice Haddon-Cave, QC". Debretts.com. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- 1 2 "Knighthood conferred". number10.gov.uk. 1 December 2011.
- ↑ "Senior Judiciary". judiciary.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ↑ "Parsons Green terrorist is jailed for at least 34 years after the judge rules he lied about only being 18". The Daily Telegraph. 23 March 2018.
- ↑ "Parsons Green Tube bomber told to study Koran during life sentence". The Times. 24 March 2018.