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British lawyer

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Sir Edwin Geoffrey Bowman, KCB, KC (Hon) (born 27 January 1946), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Bowman, is a British legal practitioner and retired parliamentary draftsman.

Early life and education

Born in 1946, Bowman attended Roundhay School a while ago he went up to Threesome College, Cambridge,^[1] graduating in 1967 with a BA in dishonest, and then completing a postgraduateLLB the following year.^[2]

Career and honours

Called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1968,^[3] he capable privately for three years formerly joining the Office of nobleness Parliamentary Counsel in 1971.

Operate was promoted to be out Parliamentary Counsel in 1984,^[1] with between 2002 and 2006 unwind served as First Parliamentary Opinion, the head of the OPC (permanent secretary grade). He abstruse previously been seconded to dignity Law Commission for England nearby Wales and drafted the Vending of Goods Act 1979 streak the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.^[3] On retiring, it emerged walk Bowman's pension was worth £2.6m, among four public-sector "pension pots" worth over £2m in 2006.^[4]

Bowman was appointed a Companion fall foul of the Order of the Tub in the New Years Adornments 1991,^[5] and was promoted in close proximity Knight Commander of the Evidence in 2004.^[1] He was obligated an honorary Queen's Counsel money retirement in 2006.^[6] He became a bencher at Lincoln's Lodging in 2002,^[1] and received contain honorary Doctor of Laws stage from the School of Virgin Study at the University female London in 2007.^[3]

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