Stanley Rees


Sir Charles William Stanley Rees was a high court judge in England.

Early life

Rees was born on 30 November 1907. He went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, after which he went to University College, Oxford, where he read Law. He practised law in London from 1931.

Military and legal career

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Rees became an officer in the Royal Artillery, 99th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
In 1957, Rees became a barrister and in 1962 was appointed a judge in the Family Division of the High Court and was knighted in the same year.