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| | The Samuel Griffith Society: Volume 17: Tribute to the late Sir Harry Gibbs |
 | | Century judge, who became a friend of Sir Harry's after sitting with him in the Privy Council, described him as 'essentially the professional Judge, patient, receptive,....', and said that he (Wilberforce) 'was personally the better---and the happier---for having known him'. |
 | | Lord Denning, often regarded as a radical, paid Sir Harry the supreme professional compliment of saying not only that 'his work as Chief Justice was of the first quality', but also that 'I would rank him as one of the greatest of your Chief Justices, rivaling even...... |
 | | It resolved that, at the Society's next Conference in 2006, arrangements should be made for the delivery of a lecture in his honour, to be known as The Sir Harry Gibbs Memorial Oration, and that this Oration should be given on a regular basis (annually or biannually) at Society Conferences thereafter. |
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