Sir Alan Abraham Mocatta (27 June 1907-1 November 1990) was an English judge and an expert on restrictive practices. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Biography

Legal and military career

After attending Clifton College and New College, Oxford, he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1930. An 1898 etching of the College Close Clifton College is a major coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. ... College name New College of St Mary Collegium Novum Oxoniensis/Collegium Sanctae Mariae Wintoniae Named after Mary, mother of Jesus Established 1379 Sister College Kings College Warden Prof. ... In England and Wales, barristers (i. ... Combined coat of arms of the four Inns of Court. ...

In World War II he first served as 2nd Lieutenant in 12 LAA Regiment, RA, TA, 1939, but was rapidly promoted to Brigade Major, 56 AA Brigade, 1940-41; to GSO (2) AA HQ BTNI, 1941-42; and finally to Lieutenant-Colonel General Staff, Army Council Secretariat, War Office, 1942-45. He was awarded the OBE in 1944. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ... In the British Army the Chief of Staff of a brigade or similar formation. ... General Staff Officer - a military appointment Geostationary orbit The IATA airport code for Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina in the United States GSO projection, named after Ferdinando Gliozzi, Joël Scherk and David A. Olive Gadolinium oxyorthosilicate, a type of inorganic crystal used as a scintillator in... Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grades spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. ... A General Staff is a group of professional military officers who act in a staff or administrative role under the command of a general officer. ... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority...

Returning to his legal career after the end of the war, he was appointed QC in 1951. He was elected a Bencher of his Inn in 1960. He served as a Judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 1961 (the year in which he received his knighthood) to 1981. Also from 1961 to 1981 he was a Member of the Restrictive Practices Court, of which he was President from 1970. Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ... A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court. ... Her Majestys High Court of Justice (usually known more simply as the High Court) is, together with the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, part of the Supreme Court of England and Wales: see Courts of England and Wales. ... One of the ancient courts of England, the Kings Bench (or Queens Bench when the monarch is female) is now a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ...

In 1982 he served as Treasurer of the Inner Temple.

He contributed also to legal literature as joint editor on the 14th-19th editions of "Scrutton on Charter Parties"; editor on the 3rd edition of "Rowlatt on Principal and Surety"; and as a member of the Advisory Panel for the 4th edition of "Halsbury's Laws of England". Halsburys Laws of England (also known as Halsburys Laws or simply Halsburys) is a definitive encyclopedic treatise on the laws of England. ...

From 1955 to 1956 he was Chairman of the Treasury Committee on Cheque Endorsement.

He was also Chairman of the Council of Jews' College, 1945-61 and Vice-President of the Board of Elders of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation, London, from 1961 to 1967, and President from 1967 to 1982. Jews College, since about 2000 known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was founded in London as a rabbinical seminary in 1852 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore. ...

References

• Who's Who, 1989