The sad news that David Faulkner CB (1934-2020) has died will have been a shock to many of those in his wide professional and social networks. Substantial obituaries and accolades have appeared elsewhere (e.g. in the Guardian), so I will confine myself to a personal perspective as David’s one-time (distant) colleague and latterly publisher of two of his books.… Read more “David Faulkner CB (1934-2020)”
Category: Obituaries
John Hostettler (1925-2018)
29 October 2018
Leading Waterside Press author John Hostettler died in his sleep at his West Sussex home on October 23. He was 93. Always prolific in output, John only stopped writing a brief time ago having completed 25 published works.… Read more “John Hostettler (1925-2018)”
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC (1926 – 2018)
Much is likely to be written in the media concerning Sir Louis Blom-Cooper whose death at his home in London was announced on September 20, 2018. He was 92. I will not repeat here the details of his illustrious career, which are bound to appear elsewhere, rather mention a few anecdotes.… Read more “Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC (1926 – 2018)”
His Honour John Baker (1925-2016)
by Bryan Gibson
John Baker was one of those authors who felt that it was important to set out his life and career path for posterity and for the benefit of others following a career in the law (and in his case politics).… Read more “His Honour John Baker (1925-2016)”
John Alderson (1922-2011)
by Bryan Gibson
I was saddened to learn of the death of John Alderson. I had many dealing with him across the years going back long before we published his classic text, ‘Principled Policing’ in 1998.
Together with Andrew Rutherford, John and I went on tour delivering a series of conferences, naturally trying to encourage alternative points of view to many of the mainstream imperatives of the 1980s.… Read more “John Alderson (1922-2011)”