From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Finch (Lord Mayor)
Robert Finch (Lord Mayor)
Civic offices
Preceded by 676th Lord Mayor of the City of London Succeeded by
Sir Gavyn Arthur 2003–2004 Sir Michael Savory
Sir Robert Finch (born 1944 in Ootacamund, India) is a Scots law and Northern Ireland law, but not English
British businessman, former lawyer, and former Lord law.[5]
Mayor of the City of London. Finch was awarded a knighthood in 2004 for services
Born in British India, Finch was educated at Felsted to the City of London.[1]
School and the College of Law. He joined Linklaters in
1969, progressed to partner in 1974,[1] and head of real
estate from 1997 to 1999.[2] Linklaters’ most senior part-
Footnotes
ner, he left the firm on 1 July 2005 to become chairman [1] ^ Davey, Jenny (27 August 2005). "’If you think I’ve
of the property developer Liberty International,[2] over- come here to set the record for the shortest
seeing its transition to a REIT when the status was first chairmanship of a FTSE 100 company, you must be
introduced. mad’". The Times.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/
industry_sectors/construction_and_property/
article559426.ece. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
[2] ^ Westacott, Gemma (20 June 2005). "Sir Robert
Finch quits Linklaters for Liberty". The Lawyer.
https://secure.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/
item.cgi?id=115852&d=122&h=24&f=46. Retrieved 5
December 2008.
[3] Stephenson, Natalie (21 November 2003). "The Lord
Mayor’s show". Property Week.
http://www.propertyweek.com/
story.asp?storyCode=3030665. Retrieved 5
December 2008.
[4] Russell, Jonathan (5 April 2008). "Forget Boris and
Ken, it’s Finch vs Richardson for Alderman". Daily
Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/
comment/citydiary/2787464/Forget-Boris-and-
Ken,-it%27s-Finch-vs-Richardson-for-
Wren’s Temple Bar was reopened at its new location in Pater-
noster Square on 10 November 2004 by Sir Robert Finch. Alderman.html. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
[5] "Finch and another v Richardson (2008)". WLR
Daily. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.
He is an alderman of the City, representing Coleman
http://www.lawreports.co.uk/WLRD/2008/QBD/
Street ward, having been first elected to represent Cole-
dec0.1.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
man Street in 1992. He became a sheriff in 1999, master
of the Solicitors’ Company in 2000, and Lord Mayor in Persondata
2003.[3] Name Finch, Robert
In 2008, following a change to the voting system for Alternative names
City Aldermen, he was challenged by an unheard-of
Short description
young lawyer in a close campaign.[4] Finch admitted to
having overspent on the campaign, by not declaring the Date of birth
use of Liberty’s company car and chauffeur. When chal- Place of birth
lenged, in Finch and another v Richardson (2008), a judge
Date of death
ruled that ignorance of the law could constitute a de-
fence in electoral law: a point that hitherto existed in Place of death
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