title: Graham Boal
text: # Graham Boal
  
  His Honour Judge John Graham Boal KC (24 October 1943 – 30 December 2022) was a British judge and author. He wrote a book about his alcoholism.
  
  Graham Boal QC was a criminal barrister for thirty years before serving as a judge for nine years until his retirement as a Permanent Judge at London's Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in 2005. The author is now a trustee and board member of WDP, a leading addiction charity.
  
  