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George William Penrose, Lord Penrose

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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Name
  
George Penrose,


Profession
  
Advocate

Occupation
  
Judge

Education
  
University of Glasgow

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Full Name
  
George William Penrose

Born
  
2 June 1938 (age 85) (
1938-06-02
)

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George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC (born 2 June 1938), is a Scottish judge (from 1990) and member of the Privy Council (from 2000) who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court. He is best known for heading the Penrose Inquiry into the near-collapse of the mutual life assurance company Equitable Life. In 2001, Lord Penrose was asked by the Treasury to investigate the history of the company. His 818-page report was published on 8 March 2004.

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