What is John Laws (judge)?
[[File:Lord Justice Laws 2012.jpg|thumb|Laws in 2012]] [[Sir]] '''John Grant McKenzie Laws''' (10 May 1945 – 5 April 2020) was a [[British people|British]] judge. He served as a [[Court of Appeal judge (England and Wales)|Lord Justice of Appeal]] (1999–2016) and as a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]] (1992–1998). Laws was married to Sophie Marshall from 1973 until her death in 2017. The couple had one daughter. He was also the uncle of [[Dominic Cummings]]. On 5 April 2020, Laws died of problems caused by [[COVID-19]] in [[Chelsea, London]]. He had at first been in hospital for treatment of [[sepsis]] and other conditions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=Robert |title=Retired judge and Cummings' uncle Sir John Laws dies after contracting Covid-19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/apr/05/retired-senior-judge-sir-john-laws-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus |access-date=6 April 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laws, John}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in London]] [[Category:English judges]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor]] {{bio-stub}}