Stanley Rees

Sir Charles William Stanley Rees (30 November 1907 – 13 December 2000) was a British barrister and High Court judge.^[2]

Sir Stanley Rees
Born	Charles William Stanley Rees (1907-11-30)30 November 1907 Port Elizabeth, South Africa[1]
Died	13 December 2000(2000-12-13) (aged 93) Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Occupation	Judge

Early life

Rees was born on 30 November 1907. He went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown,^[3] after which he went to University College, Oxford, where he read Law. He practised law in London from 1931.^[2]

Military and legal career

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Rees became an officer in the Royal Artillery, 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.^[4]

In 1957, Rees became a barrister and in 1962 was appointed a judge^[5] in the Family Division of the High Court^[6][7] and was knighted in the same year.^[2]