Sebag Shaw

Sebag Shaw

Hon. Sir Sebag Shaw, QC (1902 - 1982) was a British lawyer.

Shaw served from 1958 to 1968 as Honorary Recorder of Ipswich, succeeding the Hon Sir Stephen Gerald Howard QC, MP (1947-1958), and succeeded in his turn by William McLaren Howard QC.

Notable cases

In 1955 Shaw was junior counsel to Aubrey Melford Stevenson for the defence in the trial of Ruth Ellis. She was hanged. [ [http://copperknob.wordpress.com/category/melford-stevenson/ Melford Stevenson « Searching for the Truth about Ruth Ellis By Monica Weller ] ]

Further career

Lord Justice of Appeal. He chaired the JUSTICE Annual members conference in 1973.

In an interview in 2006, barrister Marc Beaumont mentioned that Shaw was his godfather [Citation
last = Tsang
first = Linda
publication-date = January 24, 2006
title = Lawyer of the week: Marc Beaumont
periodical = The Times
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] .

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