Peter North

Who is Peter North?

Sir Peter Machin North, CBE QC FBA was Principal of Jesus College, Oxford from 1984–2005 and Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, England from 1993–1997. He is an internationally renowned legal scholar.

Sir Peter North chaired the Review Body of the Independent Review on Parades and Marches in Northern Ireland, whose final report led to the establishment of the Parades Commission which regulates potentially controversial parades in Northern Ireland.

North was also chair of a University of Oxford inquiry, established to review the running of the University. The report, published on 29 January 1998, was also known as "The North Report". He was knighted on 10 March 1998.

More recently, Sir Peter North's review of the legal alcohol limit for driving was submitted to Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Transport at the end of May 2010.