22 July 2005
Senior Judicial Appointments Comments and Biographical Data
The appointment of Lord Justice Mance as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary by HM The Queen, with effect 1 October, was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office this morning:
The following appointments to the Court of Appeal by HM The Queen, with effect 1 October, were announced by the Prime Minister’s Office this morning:
Biographical Data
Lord Justice (Jonathan) Mance
Born - 6 June 1943
Education - Charterhouse, University College, Oxford (MA)
1965 - Called to the Bar, Middle Temple
1982 - Took Silk (QC)
1989 - Bencher, Middle Temple
1990-93 - Recorder
1992-93 - Chairman, Banking Appeals Tribunal
1993-99 - Judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial List
1999-2005 - Lord Justice of Appeal
2000 - Chairman, Consultative Council of European Judges
2000-02 - President, British Insurance Law Association
2003 - Trustee, European Law Academy
Recreations - Tennis, languages, music
Mr Justice (Sir Nicholas) Wilson
Born - 9 May 1945
Education - Bryanston School, Worcester College, Oxford (BA 1st Cl. Hons, Jurispudence 1966)
1967 - Called to the Bar, Inner Temple (Eldon Scholar)
1987 - Took Silk (QC)
1987-1993 - Recorder
1993 - Bencher, Inner Temple
1993 - Judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division
1998 - - - President, Family Mediators’ Association
2004 - Honorary Doctorate, Staffordshire University
Mr Justice (Sir Alan) Moses
Born - 29 November 1945
Education - Bryanston School, University College, Oxford (Quondam Exhibitioner, BA)
1968 - Called to the Bar, Middle Temple
1981-1990 - Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown, Common Law
1985-1990 - Junior Counsel to the Inland Revenue
1986-1996 - Recorder
1990 - Took Silk (QC)
1994 - Bencher, Middle Temple
1996 - Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division
1999-2002 - Presiding Judge, South Eastern Circuit
2003- - London Library Committee member
Mr Justice (Sir Stephen) Richards
Born - 8 December 1950
Education - King’s College School, Wimbledon; St John’s College, Oxford (open scholar,
BA Literature, Humanities 1972; BA Jurispudence 1974, MA 1977)
1975 - Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn (Arden Scholar and Bacon Scholar)
1987 - Took Silk (QC)
1989-91 - Standing Counsel to Director General of Fair Trading
1990-91 - Junior Counsel to the Crown
1992-96 - Assistant Recorder
1996-97 - Recorder
1992 - Bencher, Gray’s Inn
1997 - Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division
1998- - Governor, King’s College School, Wimbledon
2000-03 - Presiding Judge, Wales and Chester Circuit
2001- - Deputy Chairman, Boundary Commission for Wales
Recreations Walking, relaxing in the Welsh hills
Mrs Justice (Dame Heather) Hallett
Born - 16 December 1949
Education - St Hugh’s College, Oxford (MA. Hon. Fellowship 1999)
1972 - Called to the Bar, Inner Temple
1989 - Took Silk (QC)
1989-1999 - Recorder
1993 - Bencher, Inner Temple
1995-99 - Deputy High Court Judge
1998 - Chairman of the General Council of the Bar
1999 - Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division
2000 - Honorary Doctorate, Derby University
2001-04 - Presiding Judge, Western Circuit
Recreations Theatre, music, games
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