Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE KC DCL FBA

Sir Roy came to Oxford in 1990 as Norton Rose Professor of English Law and Fellow of St John's, following a distinguished career at Queen Mary University of London, where he had founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. After retiring in 1998, he remained an Emeritus Fellow of the College and continued an active scholarly life for many years.

His route into academia was unconventional. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1955 and spending seventeen years in private practice, he turned to university life, bringing with him an unrivalled understanding of commercial law in action.

He served on numerous public bodies, including the Committee on Consumer Credit, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, and the Department of Trade and Industry's Advisory Committee on Arbitration. He chaired the Pension Law Review Committee, whose recommendations formed the basis of the Pensions Act 1995. Internationally, he was instrumental in the development of modern commercial law, particularly through his work with UNIDROIT and the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment.

His achievements were recognised by election to the British Academy in 1988, appointment as Queen's Counsel in 1990, and a knighthood in 2000 for services to academic law.

The thoughts of the College are with his family, friends, former colleagues, and students.

A memorial celebration will be held in the autumn.