Leonard Hubert Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, known as Lennie Hoffmann, was born on May 8, 1934 and is a senior South African and British judge. He serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong and formerly served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1995 to 2009. He has had a large impact on the interpretation of contracts, shareholder actions in United Kingdom company law, the restriction of tort liability for public authorities, and human rights and intellectual property law, particularly patents.
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RoleJudge; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord), House of Lords, 1995 to 2009; Non-Permanent Judge, Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, since 1998 2 Nationality / JurisdictionSouth African and British 2 BirthplaceCape Town, Union of South Africa 2 Classification
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Twinsectra v Yardley (trust law) and MacNiven v Westmoreland (tax law) are prominent examples of his judicial positions.
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Leonard Hubert "Lennie" Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (born 8 May 1934) is a senior South African-British judge.
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Cape Town, Union of South Africa
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In 1995, Hoffmann was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (more commonly known as a Law Lord) and thereby raised to the peerage as Baron Hoffmann, of Chedworth in the County of Gloucestershire.
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