My friend Bryan Bush, who has died aged 77, was a judge whose impartiality and integrity gave him the ability to perform his role fairly and without self-aggrandisement. He combined legal knowledge and inherent wisdom with a gentle personality. It was a pleasure for barristers to appear in his court, particularly young members of the bar, who knew that he would always treat them with the utmost civility.
Born in Leeds to Maurice, a cabinet-maker, and his wife Hetty, Bryan attended Leeds grammar school, where he stood out both academically and in sport, before going to Keble College, Oxford, where he studied Greats (classics and humanities) and then law. He also gained a half-blue in table tennis.
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