Biographies

Pilot Practice Direction: Panel Composition in the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal

Background 1. The Senior President of Tribunals is responsible for determining panel composition by virtue of an order made by the Lord Chancellor under section 145(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 of, the ...

Lord Justice Flaux – Lead Judge for International Relations

16 January 2020 |Biographies|LCJ and Heads of Division

Sir Julian Flaux was called to the Bar in 1978 and practised at the Commercial Bar from 1979 to 2007 specialising in disputes involving insurance and reinsurance, shipping, international trade and professional negligence. He was ...

The Rt Hon Lady Justice Thirlwall DBE – Senior Presiding Judge

16 January 2020 |Biographies|LCJ and Heads of Division

Dame Kate Thirlwall was called to the Bar in 1982 and appointed as an Assistant Recorder of the Crown Court in 1998. She became a QC in 1999 and was appointed as a Recorder in ...

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Mullen

5 December 2019 |Biographies|Insolvency and Companies Court Judges|Bankruptcy and Companies Court

ICC Judge Mullen was called to the Bar in 2001 by Lincoln’s Inn and practised at the Chancery Bar, specialising in charities, companies, insolvency and private client matters. He was called to the Bar of ...

Mr Justice Fancourt

19 July 2019 |Biographies|Chancery Division Judges

Sir Timothy Fancourt was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1987. Following a chancery pupillage in Lincoln’s Inn, he started practice specialising in real property and landlord and tenant law. In 1996 he ...

Biographies of the five newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2019

16 July 2019 |Biographies|Court of Appeal

Judicial Appointments: Court of Appeal, July 2019

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Prentis

12 March 2019 |Biographies|Insolvency and Companies Court Judges|Bankruptcy and Companies Court

ICC Judge Prentis was called to the Bar in 1996. A specialist in company and insolvency law, he was appointed Deputy Registrar in 2017, and as an ICC Judge in 2018.

Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Burton

12 March 2019 |Biographies|Insolvency and Companies Court Judges|Bankruptcy and Companies Court

Catherine Burton qualified as a solicitor at Simmons & Simmons in 1993. She spent the majority of her career specialising in restructuring and insolvency work for DLA Piper’s International Restructuring Group, latterly leading its specialist ...

Mr Justice Pepperall

12 March 2019 |Biographies|Queen's Bench Division Judges|Technology and Construction Court

Sir Edward Pepperall was called to the Bar in 1989, appointed a Recorder in 2009, Queen’s Counsel in 2013, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2016 (Queen’s Bench & Chancery) and a Justice of the ...

Mrs Justice O’Farrell DBE

9 December 2018 |Biographies|Technology and Construction Court

Biography of judge in the Technology and Construction Courts

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