Sir Andrew McFarlane (1972-1975) has been appointed Lord Justice of Appeal. Andrew was one of the first cohort of Collingwood students, spending his first year at Van Mildert College whilst the building work on Collingwood was completed. Andrew has returned regularly to Collingwood and was guest speaker at the 2006 Finalist Dinner delivering a riotously funny speech. Sir Andrew was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1977 and took Silk whilst practising at 1 King’s Bench Walk chambers in 1998. He was appointed as an Assistant Recorder in 1995, as a Recorder in 1999, as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2000 and was made a Bencher in 2003. He was appointed to the High Court (Family Division) in 2005 and has been a Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midlands since 2006.
Collingwood can now boast its first Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir Andrew has also been a member of the government’s Family Justice Review Panel which published its interim report on 31 March 2011 outlining a number of reforms to public and private law and the family justice system as a whole.
Claire-Louise Ware née Machin
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David John Wheatley (2005 to 2009) Moved to Germany where he worked in the field of Mergers and Acquisitions. David recently moved back to the UK and set up his own translation company. He and Beccy (Rebecca Cunningham, also a Collingwood student, 2005 to 2009) have just moved into their first proper house together! Rob Wilson (2000 to 2004) married
Sara Jane Woollard (1981 to 1984) is still living with Jonathan Hale (St Chad’s 1981 to 1984) now together for 29 happy years. Jonathan is a chartered accountant working for an investment institute and Sara is a civil servant working to deliver ministerial tax procedures. They cycle and walk in their spare time, Sara supervises archaeological digs whenever she can get the time off work.
Ian Martin Ruebuck (1997 to 2000) married Abby Hooks (St Mary’s 1997 to 2001) on 30 July 2011. Our congratulations.
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John Weaver (1990 to 1993) married Suzannah Howard (also 1009 to 1993, Collingwood College).
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(2000 to 2003) moved to Devon to work in publishing, then spent three years working for the National Trust in KIllerton, near Exeter. The last two years she has been working as a business development manager for Lumea in Tiverton. Claire-Louise married Lt Peter Ware (Royal Navy), and has just become a mum for the first time to a little girl, Caitlin Emily in July 2011.
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Mr Justice McFarlane has the reputation of being a progressive judge who supported the opening up of the family courts to the media. In a speech to the Resolution annual conference in 2009, the judge said that government plans to open family Sir Andrew has written extensively about courts to the press did not go far enough and were unlikely to enable journalists to children’s law, most notably with the late report fully and accurately on family cases. He argued that reporting will be limited David Hershman QC: to covering the system rather than the substance and journalists would therefore be Children Law and Practice in no better position. to which he continues to contribute.
Claire Leake (also Collingwood, 2000 to 2004) in July 2010. They both teach and coach rowing at Shrewsbury School.
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