Template:Did you know nominations/David Brand, Lord Brand


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:29, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

David Brand, Lord Brand

 * ... that in March 1989, Lord Brand was one of three appeal judges who allowed Scotland's first ever prosecution for marital rape?


 * ALT1:... that in 1996, the retired judge Lord Brand opposed Scottish devolution because "One Ulster is enough"?
 * ALT2:... that the 20th-century Scottish judge Lord Brand was compared by his own Member of Parliament to the hanging judge George Jeffreys?
 * ALT3:... that in 1994 the retired Scottish judge Lord Brand became an appeals court judge in Botswana?
 * ALT4:... that the Scottish judge Lord Brand wrote the "duty of prosecuting counsel is not to obtain a conviction"?
 * ALT5:... that the Scottish judge Lord Brand said that prisoners he sentenced were lucky compared to the inmates of Japanese prisoner-of-war-camps?
 * Comment: 1300-word article relies heavily on refs to a subscription-only news site
 * Reviewed: Cecil Thomas (sculptor)
 * Reviewed: Cecil Thomas (sculptor)

Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self-nominated at 06:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg size and age ok, neutrally written, no copyvio detected, QPQ done. ALT1 and ALT3 checked as most interesting. both sourced and faithful to source. good to go. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:40, 28 January 2016 (UTC)