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7th Chief Justice of Republic of Kenya

Allan Robin Winston Hancox (1932 – 1 January 2013) was a Chief Justice of Kenya. 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. 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.

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.

Retirement and death

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

See also

References

  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. "Get Insured" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Ex-Moi regime CJ dies in hospital". Saturday Nation Kenya. 5 January 2013. p. 15.
  4. "Report. Commission of Inquiry" (PDF). africog.org. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  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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