Appointment of Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuits.
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The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce, following an Expression of Interest and consultation with the Lord Chancellor, that Mr Justice Thomas Leech has been appointed as the Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern & North Eastern Circuit with effect from 1 October 2025 for a period of three years.
Background
Mr Justice Leech was called to the Bar in 1988. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) in 2010. In 2014, he became a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. He became a Deputy High Court Judge in 2019 and was appointed a High Court Judge of the Chancery Division in 2021.