Lynn Ungoed-Thomas

Sir Arwyn Lynn Ungoed-Thomas QC (29 June 1904 – 4 December 1972) was a Welsh Labour Party politician and British judge.

He was born on 29 June 1904, the son of Evan Ungoed Thomas, minister of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, Carmarthen. He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Welsh constituency of Llandaff and Barry. His seat was abolished for the 1950 general election, but shortly afterwards the Labour MP for the new Leicester North East constituency became a High Court judge, and Ungoed-Thomas was returned to Parliament in the resulting Leicester North East by-election.

Judicial career

As a judge he is remembered for his much-cited judgement in the tax case Cheney v Conn (1968). Other notable decisions of his included:

Butt v Kelson [1952] Ch 197 (as counsel)
Re Golay's Will Trusts [1965] 1 WLR 969
Cunliffe-Owen v Teather & Greenwood [1967] 1 WLR 1421, terms implied by custom
Mann v Goldstein [1968] 1 WLR 1091
Selangor case [1968] 1 WLR 1555
Bushell v Faith [1970] AC 1099 (at first instance)
Hodgson v Marks [1971] Ch 892 (at first instance)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Cyril Harry Alfred Lakin	Member of Parliament for Llandaff and Barry 1945–1950	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Terence Donovan	Member of Parliament for Leicester North East 1950–1962	Succeeded by Tom Bradley
Legal offices
Preceded by Frank Soskice	Solicitor General for England and Wales April 1951–October 1951	Succeeded by Reginald Manningham-Buller

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