Sir Brian Langstaff has recently been in the news due to his involvement in overseeing the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal in the UK. Langstaff, a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales, has been leading the inquiry, which aims to investigate the circumstances surrounding the scandal that affected thousands of people in the UK who were given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
Born on April 30, 1948, Sir Brian Frederick James Langstaff was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and later attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was appointed as a High Court judge in 2000 and has presided over various high-profile cases during his judicial career. Langstaff's role in the contaminated blood scandal inquiry has brought attention to the victims of the tragedy and the need for accountability and justice for those affected.