Stanley Rees

Stanley Rees
Born (1907-11-30)30 November 1907
Died 13 December 2000(2000-12-13) (aged 93)

Charles William Stanley Rees (1907 - 2000) was a high court judge in England.[1]

Early life

Rees was born on 30 November 1907 went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown.[2] after which he went to University College, Oxford, where he read Law. He practised law in London from 1931.

At the outbreak of World War II Rees became an officer in the Royal Artillery, 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[3]

In 1957 Rees became a barrister and in 1962 was appointed a judge[4] in the Family Division of the High Court[5][6] and was knighted in the same year.

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