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Owen Bowcott was legal affairs and Ireland correspondent for the Guardian. Now moved to: @BowcottOwen
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Sir Roy Goode obituary

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By Owen Bowcott Verified
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Owen Bowcott Fri, July 10, 2026 at 5:01 p.m. UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roy Goode chaired the Pension Law Review Committee – set up following the scandal over Robert Maxwell's theft of about £480m from the Mirror Group's pension fund.Photograph: Bill Knight Keen to fill his evenings after work as a young lawyer in an Essex solicitor's office, Roy Goode, who left school at 16, decided he ought to write a book.
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Michael Oatley obituary

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By Owen Bowcott Verified
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Shortly before retiring from MI6 in 1991, Michael Oatley received a call in from a trusted contact in Derry asking him to attend a meeting. The invitation was from Brendan Duddy , a businessman, who for almost two decades had kept open a back channel for secret communications between the government and the Provisional IRA. Oatley, who has died aged 90, maintained the relationship over that period despite repeated denials by prime ministers of any talks or negotiations with “terrorists”.
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Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony obituary

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By Owen Bowcott Verified
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Ten years after the Marchioness pleasure boat sank on a summer’s night in 1989 – drowning 51 people, mainly young partygoers, in the swirling waters of the Thames – Anthony Clarke, then a lord justice of appeal, was asked to hold an inquiry. As a result of his authoritative and swiftly delivered reports, safety on the river has significantly improved. There are now four RNLI lifeboat stations covering the busy, urban waterway from Teddington to Gravesend in Kent.
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