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Allan Hancox

Allan Hancox

7th Chief Justice of Republic of Kenya

Allan Robin Winston Hancox (1932 – 1 January 2013) was a Chief Justice of Kenya.[1] He served between 1989 and 1993, and was succeeded by Fred Kwasi Apaloo.

Early career

Born and educated in England, Justice Hancox first joined the judiciary as a magistrate in Kenya Colony in 1957.[2] He subsequently worked in Nigeria, before returning to Kenya in 1963 as a senior resident magistrate. In 1969, he was appointed a High Court Judge.[3]

Hancox Commission

Main article: Commission Inquiring into the Insurance Industry

In 1986 the then President Daniel arap Moi appointed Justice Hancox as the only member of a Commission Inquiring into the Insurance Industry.[4]

Retirement and death

He retired to live in Guernsey and became Assistant Magistrate for ten years.[5] He died aged 80 years at the Aga Khan hospital in the town of Kisumu.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. [2]
    "Get Insured" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "Ex-Moi regime CJ dies in hospital". Saturday Nation Kenya. 5 January 2013. p. 15.
  4. [4]
    "Report. Commission of Inquiry" (PDF). africog.org. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Royal Court tribute to former assitant [sic] magistrate". Guernsey News from ITV Channel Television. 2013-01-05. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.


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