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Tun Dato' Sir James Beveridge Thomson, KBE, SSM, PMN, PJK〔Malay:''Pingat Jasa Kebaktian'' (PJK) = Meritorious Service Medal, instituted 1950〕 (24 March 1902 – 31 March 1983),〔Obituary, The Times (London), 8 April 1983〕 was a Scottish barrister and judge who was the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia. He was also Chief Justice of Fiji. ==Life== Born in Clydebank, Scotland, he attended George Watson's College and graduated from Edinburgh University with first-class honours in History. He was called to the English Bar (Middle Temple) in 1929. He was a resident magistrate in Northern Rhodesia, appointed Puisne Judge, Fiji and Western Pacific in 1945, and Puisne Judge in Malaya in 1947. He was Chief Justice of Fiji (and ''ex officio'' Chief Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific) 1949-1953, and Chief Justice of Tonga. He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1955. From 1953 Thomson was back in Malaysia. He was a judge in the High Court in Ipoh, Perak, from 1953-1957.〔(Malaysian High Court judgments )〕 In 1957 he was appointed as Chief Justice of Malaya, receiving a knighthood in 1959.〔 (Listing begins on (page 1 ))〕 After the Federation of Malaya was re-constituted as Malaysia in September 1963, Thomson served as its first Lord President of the Federal Court until May 1966.〔The Federal Court was known as the Supreme Court between 1985-1994.〕 He was appointed KBE in 1966. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Beveridge Thomson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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