Geoffrey Bowman
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Geoffrey Bowman is a qualified lawyer and a former member first Parliamentary Counsel Office. He is currently a senior research fellow and member of the advisory council at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
Career
Bowman is a qualified lawyer who was called to the Bar in 1968. In 1971 he joined the Parliamentary Counsel Office, where he has drafted bills on subjects including finance, taxation, trade unions, chemical weapons, elections, criminal procedure, proceeds of crime, education, local government and the health service. He has served two secondments as a draftsman at the Law Commission, where he drafted the consolidation bills that became the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Magistrates' Court 1980. In 2002 Bowman became first parliamentary counsel and permanent secretary of the office, where he was responsible for turning the wishes of parliament into coherent law.[1]
He has served on the council of the Statue Law Society and on the Tax Law Rewrite project of HM Revenue and Customs.[1]
In December 2009 he was given "unconditional approval" by ACOBA to take up roles as a senior research fellow and a member of the advisory council at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.[2]
Awards
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sir Geoffrey Bowman to receive honorary doctorate from School of Advanced Study, University of London School of Advanced Study, 19 November 2007, accessed 27 November 2014
- ↑ Eleventh Report 2009-2010 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 27 November 2014
