Bernard Caulfield (judge)

Sir Bernard Caulfield (24 April 1914 – 17 October 1994) was a British barrister and High Court judge who served in the Queen's Bench Division from 1968 to 1989.

He was called up for military service the same year, and served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, reaching the rank of Major.

His infrequent London sittings were thought to be a major factor in foreclosing promotion to the Court of Appeal.

The judge then went on to say of Jeffrey Archer: Is he in need of cold, unloving, rubber-insulated sex in a seedy hotel round about quarter to one on a Tuesday morning after an evening at the Caprice?

[2]Explaining the payment to Coghlan as the action of a philanthropist rather than that of a guilty man, Archer won the case and was awarded £500,000 damages, but in July 2001 was convicted of perjury in relation to the evidence he gave at the trial.

Describing Fairley as "a decadent advertisement for evil pornographers", Caulfield gave him six life sentences.