• Born 1944, British Citizen

BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• 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