Appointment of Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits.
The Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce, following an Expression of Interest and consultation with the Lord Chancellor, that Mr Justice Michael Green has been appointed as the Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits with effect from 1 October 2024 for a period of three years.
Background
Mr Justice Michael Green studied Law at Jesus College, Cambridge and he was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1987. He was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018. In 2019, he sat as a High Court Judge in the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands. He was appointed as a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in November 2020. He also has been authorised to hear cases in the Financial List and he sits as a Chair in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber).