Edward Nugee

Edward Nugee
TD QC
Born (1928-08-09)9 August 1928
Godalming, Surrey, England
Died 30 December 2014(2014-12-30) (aged 86)
Education Radley College
Alma mater Worcester College, Oxford
Occupation Barrister
Years active 1955–2014
Spouse(s)
Rachel Makower (m. 1955)
Children
Military career
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1950–1964
Rank Captain
Service number 423642
Unit Intelligence Corps
Awards Territorial Decoration

Edward George Nugee TD QC (9 August 1928 – 30 December 2014) was a leading English barrister.[1] He was involved in number of key cases on tax and pensions, as well as being a regularly published correspondent in letters to the editor of The Times.[2]

Nugee has been described as "one of the pre-eminent Chancery barristers of his generation".[2]

Early life, education and military service

Nugee was born in 1928 in Godalming, Surrey, son of Brigadier George Nugee CBE, DSO, MC and his wife, Violet Mary.

Nugee attended Brambletye School in East Grinstead and Radley College in Oxfordshire, from where he won a scholarship to Worcester College, Oxford, to read classics. Before going to University he spent two years on National Service as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, and served in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency. Upon his return to Oxford, Nugee reportedly realised that he had not seen a Latin or Greek text for two years and so abandoned classics in favour of law. He graduated with a double first, and in 1953 was awarded the Eldon Law Scholarship.

After completing his National Service commitment Nugee remained in the Territorial Army and was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in April 1952.[3] He would serve in the Intelligence Corps until November 1964,[4] having reached the rank of Captain in May 1955[5] and been awarded the Territorial Decoration in July 1964.[6]

Law

He was called to the bar in 1955 at the Inner Temple and became a pupil at 2 New Square in Lincoln's Inn, but soon thereafter moved to the set of chambers at 3 New Square, later known as Wilberforce Chambers. He remained there in practice for nearly 60 years until his death, principally practising in the area of pension and tax, and was head of chambers for over 30 years.[7] He was also Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1996.

In 1962, Nugee was asked to join the legal team advising the Colonial Office on administrative issues in Uganda, then a British protectorate and soon to become independent. His role was to advise on the boundaries of traditional areas and tribal domains; he took great pleasure in researching the pre-colonial administration of the Baganda people, taking evidence from elders who could personally remember the period before the British arrived in 1898, and was instrumental in advising the Colonial Office to restore to the Baganda people authority over some of their traditional territory.

In 1967 Nugee was made a Junior Counsel for the Land Commission. From 1968 to 1977 he was Counsel for Litigation under the Commons Registration Act 1965. He was also Conveyancing Counsel to the Treasury, the Defence Department, the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and the Forestry Commission. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1977.[8]

In addition to his practice Nugee did a great deal of work for the Family Welfare Association, the Mothers' Union, the London Citizens' Advice Bureau, and for Poor Man’s Lawyer in Lewisham.

He also served on the Council of Legal Education Committee from 1967 to 1990, and assisted the Law Commission.

Between 1982 and 1997 he often sat as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division.

In 1984 he was appointed chairman of an inquiry set up by the minister of housing into the management problems of privately owned blocks of flats. This resulted in the passing of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987.

In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for services to the legal profession by legal publishers, Chambers and Partners.

Personal life

In 1955 Nugee met and married Rachel Elizabeth Makower, who had worked as a code breaker at Bletchley Park.[2] They had four sons, including Sir Christopher Nugee and Lt Gen Richard Nugee.

Throughout his married life he attended St John-at-Hampstead, serving latterly as member of the parochial church council or PCC. He was a Church Commissioner between 1990 and 2001 and on the Legal Advice Commission of the General Synod dealing with issues of ecclesiastical law. He inherited from his parents the patronage of the parishes of East Farndon and Farlington and the joint parish of Wymering & Cosham, a responsibility he took seriously and discharged for the remainder of his life. He was also Chairman of the Board of Governors at Brambletye from 1972 until 1977, a member of the Radley College Council for 20 years until 1997, and a keen member and council member of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, through which he traced his family history back to French Huguenot refugees in the 17th Century.

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Nugee - obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ted Nugee". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "No. 39605". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 July 1952. p. 3994.
  4. ↑ "No. 43507". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 1964. p. 10322.
  5. ↑ "No. 40555". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 August 1955. p. 4545.
  6. ↑ "No. 43382". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 July 1964. p. 6095.
  7. ↑ "Chambers announces the death of Edward Nugee QC". Wilberforce Chambers. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "No. 47201". The London Gazette. 21 April 1977. p. 5339.
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