Paul Clark (judge)

Paul Nicholas Rowntree Clark (17 August 1940 – 6 October 2008) was a British circuit judge in the Courts of England and Wales.

[1] He was educated at Bristol Grammar School, New College, Oxford, where he was an open scholar, and Middle Temple, where he was Harmsworth Scholar.

He was elected the youngest Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1982 and was Master Reader in 2005.

[2] He was also Chairman of the Middle Temple Scholarship Committee, a role which he used to help numerous people gain a foothold in the profession.

[3] A memorial service was held at New College, Oxford on Saturday 10 January 2009 at 2.30pm.