WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985
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FOUR QUEEN'S COUNSEL APPOINTED
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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR FRANCIS ARTHUR LANCELOT EDDIS, MR ANTHONY WILLIAM SEDGWICK, MR EDWARD CHRISTOPHER MUMFORD AND MR FRANK STOCK AS HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL FOR HONG KONG.
MR EDDIS WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1927. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY GRAY'S INN IN 1952. HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR TWO YEARS AND SPENT THE NEXT 16 YEARS IN BUSINESS.
IN 1971, HE CAME TO HONG KONG AND HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE HERE EVER SINCE.
HE INITIALLY CONCENTRATED ON CRIMINAL LAW, BUT IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS BECOME ALMOST ENTIRELY SPECIALISED IN CIVIL LAW, THE MAJORITY OF HIS WORK IS IN THE HIGH COURT OR COURT OF APPEAL.
MR SEDGWICK WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1932. HE OBTAINED A M.A. AND B.C.L. AT OXFORD. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY MIDDLE TEMPLE IN 1955.
HE PRACTISED IN ENGLAND UNTIL 1959 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED AS A MAGISTRATE IN BERMUDA. IN 1966, HE BECAME SOLICITOR-GENERAL OF BERMUDA, UNTIL HE WAS RETIRED IN 1972, AS A RESULT OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES.
HE HAS PRACTISED AT THE HONG KONG BAR SINCE 1973, SPECIALISING IN CRIMINAL MATTERS.
MR MUMFORD WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1934. HE OBTAINED B. A. AT BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD IN 1957.
HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE IN 1958 BUT PRACTISED AS AN AVERAGE ADJUSTER IN LONDON UNTIL 1972, BEFORE ENTERING INTO PUPILLAGE. AFTER COMPLETING HIS PUPILLAGE IN 1973 HE CAME TO HONG KONG AND HAS PRACTISED AT THE HONG KONG BAR EVER SINCE.
HE INITIALLY CONCENTRATED ON CRIMINAL LAW, BUT IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS CONFINED HIMSELF TO CIVIL MATTERS, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE HIGH COURT AND COURT OF APPEAL, CONCENTRATING ON COMMERCIAL AND ADMIRALTY MATTERS.
MR STOCK WAS BORN IN ZIMBABWE IN 1945.
HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY LINCOLN'S INN IN NOVEMBER 1968. HE PRACTISED IN ENGLAND UNTIL 1978, WHEN HE JOINED THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN HONG KONG AS CROWN COUNSEL.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1979, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1980 AND PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN JANUARY 1984.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, AS DEPUTY CROWN SOLICITOR, HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL LITIGATION IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS
INVOLVED.
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