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The Hon. Mr Justice Henderson
High Court Judge
Assumed office
2007
Personal details
Born (1951-11-20) 20 November 1951 (age 72)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Sir Launcelot Henderson (born 20 November 1951), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Henderson, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Early life

The son of Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton, he was educated at Westminster School and Balliol College, Oxford.[1]

Career

He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1977 and became a bencher there in 2004. He was made a QC in 1995, deputy judge of the High Court from 2001-2007, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2007. On 13 September 2016 it was announced that he would join the Court of Appeal as a Lord Justice of Appeal from Autumn 2016.[2]

He is a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. [3]

References

  1. ^ ‘HENDERSON, Hon. Sir Launcelot (Dinadan James)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-and-lady-justices-of-appeal-september-2016
  3. ^ 'Launcelot Dinadan James Henderson', Debretts, http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/239/Launcelot-Dinadan-James-HENDERSON