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FIRST LORD ALEXANDER OF WEEDON LECTURE（第一主亚历山大WEEDON讲座）

FIRST LORD ALEXANDER OF WEEDON LECTURE I am particularly happy to have been invited to give this first public law lecture in memory of Lord Alexander of Weedon, sponsored by Brick Court Chambers. Bob Alexander was my oldest friend at the Bar. We overlapped at King’s College, Cambridge and shared a flat when we were starting in practice. I played a part in his move from Western Circuit Chambers to 1 Brick Court, and he later returned the compliment, when I decided that the time had come to make a move from Admiralty Chambers. Bob Alexander was a man of relatively humble origins, and came to the Bar without any contacts in the law at all. His qualities were, however, quickly recognised and his career meteoric. He took silk in 1973 and was soon the first choice of many of the leading city firms. Lord Denning described him as the best advocate of his generation. In 1985 he was elected Chairman of the Bar and promptly judicially reviewed the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham, on legal aid remuneration, with conspicuous success, having not only the merits but the benefit of the advocacy of Sydney Kentridge. In 1988 he accepted a life peerage from Margaret Thatcher. The year before he had taken over the Chair of the Takeover Panel, and this obviously drew his talents to the attention of the City, for in 1989 he accepted an invitation to become Chairman of the National Westminster Bank, a position that he held for ten years, during which time he served as a member of the Advisory Group to the Governor of the Bank of England, President of the International Monetary Conference, Deputy Chairman of the Securities and Investment Board and one of the four trustees of the Economist Trust. He played a prominent part in the business of the House of Lords, including taking the Chair of the Audit Committee and the All Party Law Reform Group. Some, and perhaps I am one of them, have regrets that his talents were diverted to the City rather than to the Bench. But he never lost his in