About Gerald Butler
Lived 1930 – 2010 (aged 79). Gerald Butler was a judge.
Gerald Norman Butler, QC (15 September 1930 – 28 February 2010) was an English judge, who was the senior judge at Southwark Crown Court. He was born in Hackney, London.
Career Butler was called to the bar in the Middle Temple, 1955. His career was interrupted by National Service; he was a 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1956–57. He became a QC in 1975. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court, 1977–82, a Circuit Judge, 1982–97, and senior judge at Southwark Crown Court, 1984–97.
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English judge (1930–2010)
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Gerald Butler was born on 15 September 1930.
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Gerald Butler was a judge.
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