Nicholas Green (judge)
Appearance
Lord Justice Green | |
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Judge of the Court of Appeal | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
High Court Judge Queen's Bench Division | |
In office 2013–2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nicholas Nigel Green 15 October 1958 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Leicester University of Toronto University of Southampton |
Occupation | Court of Appeal judge |
Profession | Judge |
Sir Nicholas Nigel Green (born 15 October 1958), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Green, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1][2]
He was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, the University of Leicester (LLB, 1980), the University of Toronto (LLM, 1981) and the University of Southampton (PhD, 1985).[3]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) in 2013, and was then awarded the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours.[4] In 2018, he was promoted to the Court of Appeal and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in the same year.
References
- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ ‘GREEN, Hon. Sir Nicholas Nigel’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ "No. 60791". The London Gazette. 25 February 2014. p. 3889.
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- 1958 births
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- People educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
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- University of Toronto alumni
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