The Derek Davies Law Fund


The Derek Davies Law Fund was established to commemorate the splendid and varied contributions made by Derek Davies as Tutorial Fellow in Law at St. Catherine's College from 1962 to 1996. His Honour Judge Denis Orde (1952, Law) wrote of Derek Davies:

he has unravelled the mysteries of the law to countless of the uninitiated, planting in their minds a basic understanding of the underlying principles, so very essential if a practitioner is to be successful. It is an invaluable foundation on which to draw in the years of practice which lie ahead. The balance sheet will show that the outstanding contribution he made in this way far exceeds any reward he may have obtained for himself. And that is as he would have wished it.... He leaves behind him in his retirement a Law Faculty of proven excellence where there was none before, and that will be his lasting monument.

Contributions to the Derek Davies Law Fund are used to establish an endowed fellowship in Derek Davies name and to support the instruction of law at St. Catherine's College.