Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin
The Lord Atkin | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 6 February 1928 – 25 June 1944 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Goddard |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 7 March 1919 – 6 February 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William Pickford |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Sankey |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 30 May 1913 – 7 March 1919 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Sir Arthur Greer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Richard Atkin 28 November 1867 |
| Died | 25 June 1944 (aged 76) |
| Spouse | Lucy Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hemmant (1867–1939) |
| Children | 6 daughters, 2 sons |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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James Richard Atkin, Baron Atkin, PC, FBA (28 November 1867 – 25 June 1944), known from 1913 to 1919 as Sir Richard Atkin and also called Dick Atkin, was an Australian-British barrister who served as a judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court of Justice, a justice of the Court of Appeal, and finally as a lord of appeal in ordinary from 1928 until his death in 1944. He is especially remembered as the judge who gave the leading judgement in the 1932 case Donoghue v Stevenson, which established the modern law of negligence in the UK and indirectly in most of the common law world.