John Davies

OBITUARY

John Davies

John Davies (c), Edward Solomons (l) and Charles Falconer (r) at John’s Presidential Dinner, Lincoln’s Inn.

We are deeply saddened to record the death of John Davies, a former President of Westminster & Holborn Law Society.

John was an enthusiastic secretary of Holborn Law Society and following the merger of the Holborn and the Westminster Societies in 2001 he served as our new Society’s second President in 2002-2003.

After reading English at St Catherine’s College Oxford he qualified as a solicitor in 1965. He joined Pattinson & Brewer in 1977 and was the firm’s much-loved and respected Senior Partner for many years until his retirement in 2019.

John’s main area of practice was commercial conveyancing, acting for many of his firm’s trade union clients. He was a long time member of the WHLS Professional Matters Committee, invariably injecting good sense and good humour into its deliberations.

John had a wonderful gift for friendship and his sudden death has devastated his former colleagues and friends and robbed him and his wife Brenda of a well-deserved post-retirement life of English cricket and Italian sunshine.

We send our condolences to Brenda and to their sons and grandchildren.

There will be a fuller appreciation in the next edition of Central London Lawyer.