We have collected some of the obituaries and public tributes to Sir James, focusing mainly on his contribution to family justice. Sir James was a proactive supporter of The Transparency Project. He passed away on 1st January.
Patrick Kidd, ‘Outspoken leader of Britain’s family courts who made serving the most vulnerable a lifelong mission’ in The Observer, 16 January (subscription only)
‘Sir James Munby, formidably erudite judge admired for his leadership of the Family Division’ The Daily Telegraph, 15 January (subscription only)
Sir Nicholas Mostyn in Financial Remedies Journal, 12 January
Catherine Baksi ‘Moral clarity and compassion’: Former family chief Munby dies at 77 in the Law Gazette, 9 January
Judiciary website, 8 January
Law Commission website, 12 January
Joshua Rozenberg, Sir James Munby in ‘A Lawyer Writes’, 16 January
Mark Neary, ‘Last Ride on the Clapham Omnibus’, in Love, Belief and Balls, 10 January
Lucy Reed KC, ‘RIP Sir James’ at Pink Tape, 9 January
Professor Polly Morgan ‘Sir James Munby’s greatest hits: an appreciation of his work’ for The Transparency Project, 14 January
Madeleine Evans, Progress Educational Trust, 19 January
Alex Ruck Keene, Mental Capacity, Law and Policy, 10 January
Image: photo taken by Paul Magrath, June 2019.