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My father, Richard Johns, who has died aged 96, was one of the early pioneers of dental implantology and its application as an accepted procedure.In collaboration…

Keen to fill his evenings after work as a young lawyer in an Essex solicitor’s office, Roy Goode, who left school at 16, decided he ought…

James Mackay, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, who has died aged 99, was unique in modern legal history in being made lord chancellor at the head of…

In 1985 Paul May, who has died aged 74 of a pulmonary embolism, became the chair of the Birmingham Six campaign. Six years later, the convictions…

My friend Mark Tame, who has died of lung cancer aged 61, spent his life caring for others. He worked for various charities (including Mind) in…

My friend Liz Greenhall, who has died aged 83, was a public health consultant who was responsible for family planning services in Oxfordshire. Her work broke…

My friend Giles Peaker, who has died suddenly aged 60, was a housing lawyer whose work had a lasting and positive impact on the lives of…

My friend Joseph Ana, who has died aged 73, spent the best part of two decades in the UK working for the NHS as a urologist…

My friend Alister Prince, who has died of cancer aged 77, spent his career in child safeguarding and protection in London, becoming a team manager in…

My wife, Rachel Downey, was a health and social affairs journalist who went on to become a communications strategist at the Department of Health. There she…