Lennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann
The Lord Hoffmann | |||||||||
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Hoffmann in 2018 | |||||||||
| Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |||||||||
| In office 10 January 2007 – 21 April 2009 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hope of Craighead | ||||||||
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |||||||||
| In office 21 February 1995 – 21 April 2009 | |||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Collins of Mapesbury | ||||||||
| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Assumed office 12 January 1998 | |||||||||
| Appointed by | Tung Chee-hwa | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | Leonard Hubert Hoffmann 8 May 1934 Cape Town, Union of South Africa | ||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Gillian, Lady Hoffmann | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
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| Occupation | Jurist | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 賀輔明 | ||||||||
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Leonard Hubert "Lennie" Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann GBS PC (born 8 May 1934) is a senior South African–British judge. Currently, he serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong; he formerly served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1995 to 2009.
Well known for his lively decisions and willingness to break with convention, he has had an especially large impact on the interpretation of contracts, shareholder actions in UK company law, in restricting tort liability for public authorities, human rights and intellectual property law, in particular patents.