Date Appointed
Appointed since 2016
Nationality
British
biography
As of 20 January 2016
- Born 1944, British
- Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1969
- Barrister practising in criminal law, personal injury and family law; for two years, Standing Counsel (Crime) to the Inland Revenue on the Midland and Oxford Circuit;
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel,1987
- Recorder of the Crown Court and of the County Court of England and Wales 1987-1999;
- Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus 1992-1999;
- Judge of the Courts of Appeal for Guernsey and for Jersey 1998-1999
- Judge, High Court of England and Wales 1999-2008,siting in the Queen’s Bench Division
- Presiding Judge, Midland Circuit 2001-2004
- Judicial Commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales 2005-2008
- Judge of the Court of Appeal for England and Wales 2008-2014
- Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales 2009-2012
- Coroner undertaking the inquest arising from the deaths at Hillsborough – ongoing
- Appointed President of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, 2016