Lynn Ungoed-Thomas

Sir Arwyn Lynn Ungoed-Thomas QC (29 June 1904 4 December 1972) was a Welsh Labour Party politician and British judge.

He was born on 29 June 1904, the son of Evan Ungoed Thomas, minister of Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, Carmarthen. He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Welsh constituency of Llandaff and Barry. His seat was abolished for the 1950 general election, but shortly afterwards the Labour MP for the new Leicester North East constituency became a High Court judge, and Ungoed-Thomas was returned to Parliament in the resulting Leicester North East by-election.

He held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1962.

Judicial career

As a judge he is remembered for his much-cited judgement in the tax case Cheney v Conn (1968). Other notable decisions of his included:

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Cyril Harry Alfred Lakin
Member of Parliament for Llandaff and Barry
19451950
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
Terence Donovan
Member of Parliament for Leicester North East
19501962
Succeeded by
Tom Bradley
Legal offices
Preceded by
Frank Soskice
Solicitor General for England and Wales
April 1951October 1951
Succeeded by
Reginald Manningham-Buller


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