Lord Justice Newey
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Lord Justice Guy Newey practised at the Chancery Bar between 1983 and his appointment as a High Court Judge (Chancery Division, now the Business and Property Division) at the beginning of 2010.
Before taking silk in 2001, he was one of the Junior Counsel to the Crown (Chancery/A Panel) (from 1990) and Junior Counsel to the Charity Commissioners (from 1991). In 2003 he became an (Acting) Deemster of the Isle of Man, and in 2006 he was appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge.
He also served as a DTI inspector, inquiring into the affairs of MG Rover and associated companies.
As a judge, he was the Chancery Supervising Judge for Wales and the Midland and Western Circuits between 2014 and 2017. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in October 2017.
