Robert Megarry

Sir Robert Megarry
Vice-Chancellor
In office
12 January 1976 – 1 June 1985
Preceded bySir Anthony Plowman
Succeeded bySir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson
Justice of the High Court
In office
2 October 1967 – 1 January 1982
Personal details
Born1 June 1910
Croydon, Surrey
Died11 October 2006 (2006-10-12) (aged 96)
London
Children3
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

Sir Robert Edgar Megarry, PC, FBA (1 June 1910 – 11 October 2006) was an eminent British lawyer and judge. Originally a solicitor, he was requalified as a barrister and also pursued a parallel career as a legal academic. He later became a High Court judge and served as Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division from 1976 to 1981. Afterwards he served as Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court from 1982 until his retirement in 1985.

A prolific legal writer, he is known for such works as The Law of Real Property, Lectures on the Town and Country Planning Act 1947, and A Manual of the Law of Real Property, as well as a series of legal miscellanies.