Hugh Park


Sir Hugh Eames Park was a British judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division. In 1976, he was the judge in the trial that convicted Stefan Kiszko of the murder of Lesley Molseed. The case has been called one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the history of the British legal profession.

Early life

Hugh Park was born in Pinhoe, Devon, near Exeter and educated at Blundell's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he excelled at hockey, rugby and rowing.
Park subsequently taught at St Dunstan's prep school in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, before reading for the Bar. He was called by Middle Temple in 1936, and began practising in general common law on the Western Circuit from chambers in Middle Temple. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1960.

World War II

Park served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and was seconded to SOE in 1942. As part of his duties he debriefed Odette Sansom and after the war he acted in her divorce so that she could marry Peter Churchill.

Legal career

Park's legal appointments included:
Park's notable cases include:
Park married Beryl Josephine Coombe in 1938 and had three daughters. He was knighted in 1965.