Gary Flather

Gerald ("Gary") Denis Flather, QC, OBE, (4 October 1937 – 9 October 2017) was an English barrister, judge and disability rights campaigner.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Flather was son of Denis Gerald Flather, group managing director of the family steel company based in Sheffield,[6][7] and Joan Ada (née Walker).[8] He was educated at Oundle School and Pembroke College, Oxford.[9]

Career

Flather sat for ten years as a deputy High Court judge, and for 27 years as a recorder. He founded the Bar Council Disability Committee, amongst other things campaigning for improved access in courts and for disabled students' rights.[10][11]

Personal life

Flather married Shreela Rai, a politician, daughter of Rai Bahadur Aftab Rai, of New Delhi, India, a barrister and diplomat; their son Paul Flather is an academic and former journalist. Flather fought multiple sclerosis for forty years, necessitating the use of a wheelchair.[12][13][14][15]

References
  1. "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. "Family pays tribute to former judge Gary Flather". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. "Retirement of Gary Flather as chairman". Pharmaceutical-journal.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. "When justice is blind - or comes to court in a wheelchair". Independent.co.uk. 24 September 1997. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  5. Cook, David. "Independent Person". 3.rbwm.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. Leviathan- The Business Who's Who, Leviathan House, 1972, p. 129
  7. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/W._T._Flather
  8. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1444
  9. "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  10. "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. https://www.graysinn.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/news/Bar%20Council%20news%20update%20-%2023-10-2017.pdf
  12. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1444
  13. "Gary Flather". Thetimes.co.uk. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  14. "Family pays tribute to former judge Gary Flather". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  15. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/when-justice-is-blind-or-comes-to-court-in-a-wheelchair-1240951.html


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