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Sir Andrew Nicol, who has died aged 75, did much to enhance the defence of civil liberties as a barrister and academic, before his appointment as…

My friend Nicola Close, who has died aged 75 of cancer, was a public health leader who made a major contribution to the field as chief…

My partner, Clive Parkinson, who has died aged 63, was reader in arts, health and social justice at Manchester Metropolitan University. Working across the NHS, higher…

Herbert Laming, Lord Laming, who has died aged 89, was the outstanding public servant of his generation in children’s and social care. Few exercised greater influence…

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…