[1][2] He was born in Forest Gate, London (then part of Essex) and educated at Lindisfarne College.
He then attended University College, London graduating LLB with first class honours in 1933 and LLM in 1934.
[2] After leaving the army, he commenced academic work as a lecturer in law at University College, London.
However, the new Medical School expanded and there was provision of special residential facilities for disabled students.
He is best known for his work in the UK company law, where he authored the leading treatise, now taken over by PL Davies,[4] On 7 September 1939, he married Helen Margaret Shepperson (Peggy) Birch (1910/11–1999), a secondary school teacher, and they had two sons and a daughter.