Allan Hancox Explained

Allan Robin Winston Hancox (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

See main article: Commission Inquiring into the Insurance Industry. In 1986 the then President Daniel arap Moi appointed Justice Hancox as the only member of a Commission Inquiring into the Insurance Industry.[4]

Retirement and death

He retired to live in Guernsey and became Assistant Magistrate for ten years.[5] He died aged 80 years at the Aga Khan hospital in the town of Kisumu.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . January 4, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041616/http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/assets/downloads/reports/The%20history%20of%20Kenya%20Judiciary.pdf . November 29, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Get Insured.
  3. News: Ex-Moi regime CJ dies in hospital . Saturday Nation Kenya . 15 . 5 January 2013 .
  4. Web site: Report. Commission of Inquiry. 15 April 2023. africog.org.
  5. Web site: Royal Court tribute to former assitant [sic] magistrate ]. Guernsey News from ITV Channel Television . 2013-01-05 . 15 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112193152/http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_guernseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=503148 . 12 January 2014.

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