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Bridge retired from the bench on reaching the compulsory retirement age of 75 in 1992. He was chairman of the Church of
England Synodical Government Review from 1993–97. In retirement, he studied mathematics with the
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R v Secretary of State for Transport, Ex p Factortame Ltd
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Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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as "the poodle of the executive". However, he joined
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Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth
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699:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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