Peter Openshaw (judge)
Sir Charles Peter Lawford Openshaw, DL (born 1947), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Openshaw, is an English judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division.[1]
Early life
Openshaw was educated at Harrow School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]
Legal career
Openshaw was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1970. On 9 April 1991, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC).[3]
On 16 March 1999, Openshaw was appointed a Circuit Judge.[4] He was appointed the Honorary Recorder of Preston in 1999 and served for seven years.[5]
In September 2005, he was appointed as a High Court Judge and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[2] In 2005, he became a member of the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee. He is no longer on the Committee.[2][6] Between 2008 and 2012, he was a presiding judge of the North Eastern Circuit.[6]
He was made a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2003.[6]
Personal life
Openshaw is married to Dame Caroline Swift. They were sworn in as High Court judges on the same day in October 2005.[7]
Honours
On 10 May 2000, Openshaw was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Lancashire.[8] In 2008, he was appointed a lay canon of Blackburn Cathedral.[9]
He was knighted upon being appointed as a high court judge.
References
- ^ "Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2004. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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- ^ "No. 52502". The London Gazette. 12 April 1991. pp. 5717–5718.
- ^ "Crown Office". The London Gazette. No. 55437. 23 March 1999. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Preston welcomes new Honorary Recorder". Preston City Council. 7 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "(Charles) Peter Lawford Openshaw OPENSHAW". People of Today. Debrett's. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Married judges make legal history", BBC News Online, September 30, 2005. Accessed June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions". The London Gazette. No. 55846. 12 May 2000. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "The College of Canons". Blackburn Cathedral. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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