Allan Hancox
7th Chief Justice of Republic of Kenya
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Allan Robin Winston Hancox, CBE (1932 – 1 January 2013) was a Chief Justice of Kenya.[1] He served between 1989 and 1993, and was succeeded by Fred Kwasi Apaloo.
Early career
Born and educated in England, Justice Hancox first joined the judiciary as a magistrate in Kenya Colony in 1957.[2] He subsequently worked in Nigeria, before returning to Kenya in 1963 as a senior resident magistrate. In 1969, he was appointed a High Court Judge.[3]
Hancox Commission
In 1986, the then President Daniel arap Moi appointed Justice Hancox as the only member of a Commission Inquiring into the Insurance Industry.[4]
Honour
He was conferred a C.B.E. in the 1994 New Year Honours List.
