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Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (1926–2016) was an English barrister and judge. He was the original co-author of Goff & Jones, the leading English law textbook on restitution and unjust enrichment, first published in 1966. He practised as a commercial barrister from 1951 to 1975, and then began his career as a judge. He was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords on 6 February 1986 and was Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1996 until his retirement in 1998. Goff long advocated a complementary view of the role of the legal academic and judge. The former Lord Justice of Appeal Stephen Tomlinson said that "no judge has done more than Robert to ensure that the views of legal academic commentators now regularly inform the decision-making in our higher courts". For building bridges between judges in the United Kingdom and Germany, Goff was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (First Class). (Full article...)

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Main editors: Kohlrabi Pickle
Promoted: 7 July 2020
Reasons for nomination: This is my first FA, and my first FA to appear at TFA. This date is significant because it was when Lord Goff was appointed to the House of Lords. Was previously nominated to appear on TFA, but I requested that it be deferred to this date.
Support as nominator. Kohlrabi Pickle (talk) 01:51, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Ergo Sum 04:27, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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