Julian Flaux
Sir Julian Flaux | |
|---|---|
 Flaux in 2010 | |
| Chancellor of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 3 February 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Preceded by | Sir Geoffrey Vos |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 2016–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 May 1955 |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Sir Julian Martin Flaux PC Kt (born 11 May 1955), is the Chancellor of the High Court.[1]
Early life
Flaux was born on the 11 May 1955 and was educated at The King's School, Worcester. He later completed a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Master's degree at Worcester College, Oxford. Where he would later be made an Honorary Fellow in 2017.[2]
Career
He was called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1978[1] and appointed as King's Counsel in April 1994.[3]
He was appointed a Recorder in 2000,[4] a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Justice in 2002, and a Judge of the High Court sitting on the King's Bench in 2007.[5] He was a Presiding Judge on the Midland Circuit from January 2010 to December 2013, later appointed as a Legal Member of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in 2013. Following a spell as Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in December 2016[6] and sworn of the Privy Council. He was appointed Chancellor of the High Court on 3 February 2021.[7][1][2]
In 2020, Flaux delivered the Court of Appeal's judgement in Begum v Home Secretary, granting Shamima Begum judicial review of the Home Secretary's decisions to revoke her British citizenship and to refuse her leave to enter the UK from Syria, where she had joined the Islamic State.[8][9] The decision was reversed by the Supreme Court.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Appointment of Chancellor of the High Court". gov.uk. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Flaux, Rt Hon. Sir Julian Martin, (born 11 May 1955), Chancellor of the High Court, since 2021". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U15898. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Page 5807 | Issue 53646, 19 April 1994 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Faulconbridge, Guy; Smout, Alistair (16 July 2020). "UK-born Islamic State recruit can return from Syria to challenge citizenship removal". Reuters. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Begum v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 918
- ^ R. (on the application of Begum) v. Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2021] UKSC 7
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