Gary Flather
Gerald ("Gary") Denis Flather, QC, OBE, (4 October 1937 – 9 October 2017) was an English barrister, judge and disability rights campaigner.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education
Flather was son of Denis Gerald Flather, group managing director of the family steel company based in Sheffield,[6][7] and Joan Ada (née Walker).[8] He was educated at Oundle School and Pembroke College, Oxford.[9]
Career
Flather sat for ten years as a deputy High Court judge, and for 27 years as a recorder. He founded the Bar Council Disability Committee, amongst other things campaigning for improved access in courts and for disabled students' rights.[10][11]
Personal life
Flather married Shreela Rai, a politician, daughter of Rai Bahadur Aftab Rai, of New Delhi, India, a barrister and diplomat; their son Paul Flather is an academic and former journalist. Flather fought multiple sclerosis for forty years, necessitating the use of a wheelchair.[12][13][14][15]
References
- ^ "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Family pays tribute to former judge Gary Flather". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Retirement of Gary Flather as chairman". Pharmaceutical-journal.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "When justice is blind - or comes to court in a wheelchair". Independent.co.uk. 24 September 1997. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Cook, David. "Independent Person". 3.rbwm.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ Leviathan- The Business Who's Who, Leviathan House, 1972, p. 129
- ^ https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/W._T._Flather
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1444
- ^ "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ https://www.graysinn.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/news/Bar%20Council%20news%20update%20-%2023-10-2017.pdf
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1444
- ^ "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Family pays tribute to former judge Gary Flather". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/when-justice-is-blind-or-comes-to-court-in-a-wheelchair-1240951.html
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