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DOWNING COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONIncreasingly he combined whilst a Fellow, practice at the Common Law Barand, by 1991, the demands of a growing practice there and of serving as aRecorder meant that he ceased to be a Fellow to devote his time to full-timepractice and, increasingly, to his acting as Recorder and Deputy High CourtJudge. His practice at Brick Court Chambers developed apace and followinghis being amicus curiae throughout the famous Pinochet case, he was appointedQueen’s Counsel in 1999 and Judge of the High Court, Queen’s BenchDivision, in 2005. As such, he was President of the Wales and Chester Circuit(he is bilingual in English and Welsh) and now the Law Commission asChairman and thereafter the Court of Appeal.Sir Andrew Popplewell (1977) has been appointed Judge of the Queen’sBench Division of the High Court. He came up in 1977 from Radley to readLaw and did so with great success, taking a first in Part II of the Tripos in 1980.Thereupon, he was called to the Bar by Inner Temple (of which he is now aBencher) and practised at the Common Law Bar, again in Brick CourtChambers, taking silk in 1997. Whilst an undergraduate, he played a very activepart in the life of the College, especially on the cricket and rugby pitches, andit may be said, in some degree led a life of ‘innocent devilry’ which many asplendid man has. It may also be said that on more than one occasion, thisbrought him to the attention of David Lloyd Jones (q.v.) in his capacity as Dean!It may also be remarked that Andrew Popplewell was ‘bred to the Bench’ forhis father, Sir Oliver Popplewell (Queens’) is a retired High Court Judge andhis step-mother, Dame Elizabeth Gloster (Girton) (orse Lady Popplewell) ispresently a Judge of the High Court.Geoffrey Flick (1974) has been appointed Justice of the Federal Court ofAustralia. Geoff Flick came up in 1974 as a graduate student from the Universityof Sydney to read for the LL.B. degree in which he took a first and thereaftertook a most distinguished Ph.D. degree in a mere two years, for a large part ofwhich he was also working in the University of Chicago on a distinguishedFellowship. He has practiced with conspicuous success before the High Courtof Australia, its Federal Court and also the Supreme Court of New South Wales.And four members of the College have in the course of the last year ‘takensilk’ – i.e. become Queen’s Counsel. They are the following (with a few details)James Collins (1989) Sherborne School. Essex Court Chambers.Charles Dhanowa OBE (1980) Radyr Comprehensive School. RegistrarCompetition Commission.Paul Gott (1986) Marple Hall School. Fountain Court Chambers.Rebecca Stubbs (1990) Darton High School. Maitland Chambers.John Hopkins34