Which post was held by Lord Denning from 1962 to 1982 and Lord Donaldson from 1982 to 1992?
Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton practice. He became a Privy Counsellor in 1980, when he was promoted to become a Lord Justice of Appeal. He joined with Lord Denning in ruling that the Greater London Council's "Fares Fair" policy was illegal (a decision which was later upheld by the House of Lords). He was a leading contender to succeed Lord Denning as Master of the Rolls on his retirement in 1982, but the post went to Sir John Donaldson instead. In 1986, Oliver was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and was created a life peer with the title Baron Oliver of Aylmerton, of
Tom Denning, Baron Denning a letter to the Lord Chancellor detailing his resignation, effective as of 29 September. On 5 July George Thomas held a dinner in Denning's honour at the Speaker's House. Attending were Margaret Thatcher, Robert Runcie, Quintin Lord Hailsham, Geoffrey Howe, Geoffrey Lord Lane, Willie Whitelaw, Michael Havers and Christopher Leaver. On 30 July 1982, his last day in court, Denning prepared four judgments and, dressed in his official robes and in the company of the Lord Chief Justice, delivered his farewell speech to over 300 lawyers crowded into the court. He delivered his last judgment on 29 September in "George