David Arnold Scott Cairns
Sir David Arnold Scott Cairns (5 March 1902 – 8 September 1987), was a British judge and Liberal Party politician.
Background
[edit]Cairns was a son of David Cairns JP, a Freeman of Sunderland and Sarah Scott Cairns. He was educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys, Sunderland and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1932 he married Irene Cathery Phillips. They had one son and two daughters. He was knighted in 1955. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1970.[1]
Political career
[edit]He was Liberal candidate for the Epsom division of Surrey at the 1947 Epsom by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm McCorquodale | 33,633 | 61.0 | 11.1 | |
Labour | R Bishop | 17,339 | 31.5 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | David Cairns | 4,121 | 7.5 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 16,447 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 16,294 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
He did not stand for parliament again.[3] However, the following year he was elected to Leatherhead Urban District Council. He served for two three-year terms. He was also actively involved inside the Liberal Party on policy development. From 1948-49 he was Chairman of the Liberal Party Commission on Trade Unions. From 1951-53 he was a member of the Liberal Party Committee.[1]
Professional career
[edit]Cairns was Chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission. He was Lord Justice of Appeal from 1970-77. He presided over a number of notable enquiries and cases;
- Exxon Corp v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd
- Re Gray's Inn Construction Co Ltd
- 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident
- Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory
- Nethermere (St Neots) Ltd v Gardiner
References
[edit]- ^ a b 'CAIRNS, Rt. Hon. Sir David (Arnold Scott)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 20 May 2015
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British parliamentary election results 1950-1983, Craig, F.W.S.
- 1902 births
- 1987 deaths
- Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- People educated at Bede Grammar School for Boys
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Members of the Middle Temple
- 20th-century English judges
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Lord Justices of Appeal
- Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division judges