Lord Justice Fancourt

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Lord Justice Timothy Fancourt was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1987 and took Silk in 2003.

He was appointed as a Recorder (Crime) in 2009, authorised to hear cases under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 in 2013, and appointed a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in 2018.

He was also appointed as a Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2018; served as President of the Lands Chamber between 2019 and 2022; and as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster and Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts on the Northern and North-Eastern Circuits between 2021 and 2025.

He is currently the Chair of the High Court Judges’ Association.

Lord Justice Fancourt