Sir Richard George May was a British judge. May was born in London and educated at Haileybury. Following national service with the Durham Light Infantry, he studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1965, and practised on the Midland and Oxford Circuit, principally in criminal prosecution work, initially from chambers at 10 King's Bench Walk and latterly from Devereux Chambers. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court until he was appointed as a Circuit Judge in 1987.

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  • Sir Richard George May was a British judge. May was born in London and educated at Haileybury. Following national service with the Durham Light Infantry, he studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1965, and practised on the Midland and Oxford Circuit, principally in criminal prosecution work, initially from chambers at 10 King's Bench Walk and latterly from Devereux Chambers. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court until he was appointed as a Circuit Judge in 1987. He was also an active member of the Labour Party in Westminster from the mid-1960s, fighting unsuccessfully for a seat on Westminster City Council in 1968. He was a Parliamentary candidate in Dorset South in the 1970 general election. In 1971 May was elected to Westminster City Council, where he led the Labour Group from 1974 to 1977. He stood down from the council in 1978 to concentrate on his legal career but was still able to stand in the 1979 contest in Margaret Thatcher's Finchley constituency. He came into the international limelight with his 1997 appointment to the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Most notably, he served as the presiding judge in the proceedings to prosecute former Serbian and Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević on war crimes charges. May stepped down from that position, on grounds of poor health, in February 2004. He was knighted in June 2004 and died at his home in Oxfordshire a few weeks later of a brain tumour.
  • Sir Richard George May war ein britischer Jurist. Richard May studierte nach dem Wehrdienst bei der Leichten Infanterie Durham Rechtswissenschaften am Selwyn College in Cambridge. Als Barrister wurde er 1965 zugelassen. Neben seiner rechtsanwaltschaftlichen Tätigkeit wurde er schließlich Staatsanwalt, bevor zum Richter am Crown Court 1987 ernannt wurde. Richard May machte sich einen Namen als Politiker. 1970 kandidierte er als Kandidat der Labour-Partei für Dorset South und im Jahr 1979 als Labour-Kandidat gegen Margaret Thatcher im Wahlkreis Finchley. In den Jahren 1970-1979 war er Ratsmitglied im Stadtrat von Westminster. 1997 wurde Sir Richard May an den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien (ICTY) der Vereinten Nationen in Den Haag berufen. Hier führte er den Vorsitz unter anderem im Verfahren gegen den früheren serbischen Präsidenten Slobodan Milošević wegen Kriegsverbrechen. Richard May setzte sich für die Schaffung des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes (ICC) der Vereinten Nationen ein. Dieser wurde 2002 ebenfalls in Den Haag errichtet. Wegen seiner gesundheitlichen Schwächung trat Richard May im Februar 2004 von seinem Amt zurück. Noch im Juni 2004 wurde er zum Ritter geschlagen und mit dem Titel des "Sir" geehrt. Schließlich starb er wenige Wochen später in seinem Haus in Oxfordshire an einem Hirntumor.
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  • Sir Richard George May was a British judge. May was born in London and educated at Haileybury. Following national service with the Durham Light Infantry, he studied law at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1965, and practised on the Midland and Oxford Circuit, principally in criminal prosecution work, initially from chambers at 10 King's Bench Walk and latterly from Devereux Chambers. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court until he was appointed as a Circuit Judge in 1987.
  • Sir Richard George May war ein britischer Jurist. Richard May studierte nach dem Wehrdienst bei der Leichten Infanterie Durham Rechtswissenschaften am Selwyn College in Cambridge. Als Barrister wurde er 1965 zugelassen. Neben seiner rechtsanwaltschaftlichen Tätigkeit wurde er schließlich Staatsanwalt, bevor zum Richter am Crown Court 1987 ernannt wurde. Richard May machte sich einen Namen als Politiker.
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