My friend Hugh Bevan, who has died aged 98 from pneumonia, was an influential academic in the field of child law, and helped draft what became the Children Act, 1975. This created a shift in family law cases towards the rights of children, rather than parents. He taught at the University of Hull for nearly 40 years.
Hugh was born in Neath, the first of two sons of Thomas Bevan, a solicitor and registrar, and his wife, Marjorie (nee Trick). He enjoyed his school days at the local grammar school and studied law at Aberystwyth University, graduating with a first in 1949.
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