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British judge and legal writer (1882–1952)

Sir Roland Burrows KC (12 February 1882 – 13 June 1952) was a British judge and legal writer.^[1][2]

Burrows was born in Maidstone, Kent, and educated at St John’s College, Southend; the University of London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in January 1904, was appointed King’s Counsel in 1932, and became a bencher of the Inner Temple in 1940. He was Recorder of Chichester from 1926 to 1928, and again in 1951. He was Recorder of Cambridge from 1928 onward.

He was the managing editor of the second edition of Halsbury’s Laws of England and the author of Interpretation of Documents. He was knighted in the 1946 New Year Honours.^[3]

Works

Burrows was joint author, with C M Cahn, of The Evidence Act,

References

• (1952) 102 The Law Journal 337 Google Books
• “Sir Roland Burrows, Q.C.” (1953) 96 Solicitors Journal 385 Google Books
• (1952) 68 Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports 195 Google Books
• (1952) 116 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 396 Google Books
• (1953) 27 Sussex County Magazine 400 Google Books.
• “Sir Roland Burrows” (1952) 28 New Zealand Law Journal 223 Google Books
• The Law List. Stevens. 1948. pp 71 & 108. Google Books.
• The London Gazette, 9 March 1928, p 1676.
• The London Gazette, 26 February 1926, p 1428.
• Halsbury’s Laws of England. Third Edition. Volume 1. Page 12.
• Marke, J J. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University. New York University Law Library. 1953. p 525.
• Megarry, 61 Law Quarterly Review 102