Sir Sydney Lipworth, QC's Biography
- Forename(s)
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(Maurice) Sydney
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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kt (1991), Hon QC (1993)
- Date of Birth
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13/5/1931
- Foretitle(s)
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Sir
- Surname
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LIPWORTH
- Style
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Sir Sydney Lipworth, QC
- Recreations
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tennis, music, theatre
Sir Sydney Lipworth, QC's Professional Career
- Career
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admitted slr SA 1955, called to the Bar SA 1956, called to Bar Inner Temple 1991 (hon bencher 1989); barr Johannesburg 1956-64, practising barr One Essex Court London 2002-; co dir 1965-67, dir Abbey Life Assurance Gp 1968-70; dir Allied Dunbar Assurance plc (formerly Hambro Life Assurance plc) 1971-88 (jt md 1980-84, dep chm 1984-87), chm Dunbar Bank 1983-88, chm Allied Dunbar Unit Tsts plc 1985-88 (md 1983-85); chm Zeneca Group plc 1995-99 (dir 1994), dep chm National Westminster Bank plc 1993-2000; dir: J Rothschild Holdings plc 1984-87, BAT Industries plc 1985-88, Carlton Communications plc 1993-2004, Centrica plc 1999-2002, Goldfish Bank Ltd 2001-04; chm: Monopolies and Mergers Cmmn 1988-93 (memb 1981-93), Financial Reporting Cncl 1994-2001; memb: Ctee on Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance 1994-95, Sr Salaries Review Body 1994-2002; chm Bar Assoc for Commerce, Finance and Industry 1991-92, memb Gen Cncl of the Bar 1991-94; chm of tstees: Philharmonia Orchestra 1993- (tstee 1982-, dep chm 1986-93), NatWest Gp Charitable Tst 1994-2001; tstee: Allied Dunbar Charitable Tst 1971-94, Royal Acad Tst 1988-2003, South Bank Fndn Ltd 1996-2003, Int Accounting Standards Ctee Fndn 2000-; chm Marie Curie Cancer Care 50th Anniversary Appeal 1997-2002; memb Advsy Panel Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Tst 1991-; govr: Contemporary Dance Tst 1981-87, Sadler's Wells Fndn 1987-90; Hon LLD Univ of the Witwatersrand 2003
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