Sir John Whyatt (13 April 1905 – 14 March 1978) was a colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of Singapore from 1955 to 1958.
During the Kenya Emergency, he faced exceptional challenges as government member for law and order dealing with unrest and crime.
In order to tackle the large number of prosecution cases accumulating, his responsibility for the police force was transferred to the Chief Secretary.
[2][1][3][5][6] In 1961, Whyatt was recalled from retirement to serve as President of the Committee of Justice set up to inquire into current procedures for handling citizens' grievances against the government and public bodies, and to consider improvements, with reference to the use of Ombudsman in Scandinavian countries, and he recommended in his report the appointment of a Parliamentary Commissioner to investigate such claims.
[7] In the same year, he was appointed judge of the Chief Court for the Persian Gulf and remained in the post until 1966, when he became Director of Studies of the Government Legal Officers course.