David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury

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David Edmond Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury PC, QC (born 10 January 1948) is a British judge and barrister. He became a Law Lord on 11 January 2007. His rise to the Court of Appeal and then to the Lords is one of the quickest in recent times. He is the youngest Law Lord.^[1]

[edit] Private life

Neuberger is the son of Prof. Albert Neuberger, brother of Prof. James Neuberger, Prof. Michael Neuberger, and Prof. Anthony Neuberger, and the brother-in-law of Julia Neuberger. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts.

After graduation, he worked at the merchant bank N M Rothschild & Sons for 3 years.^[2]

[edit] Legal career

Neuberger was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1974, where he became a bencher in 1993. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was a Recorder from 1990 to 1996, when he was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division and received the customary knighthood. In 2001, he was made Supervisory Chancery Judge of Midland, Wales and Chester, and of the Western Circuits, a post he held until 2004, when he was promoted to become a Lord Justice of Appeal and became a member of the Privy Council.^[3] Since 1997, he has been Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Spoliation of Art during the Holocaust.

On 11 January 2007, he replaced the Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was made a life peer as Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, of Abbotsbury in the County of Dorset.

[edit] References

1. ^ Neuberger LJ in fast-track promotion to the Lords, The Lawyer, 13 December 2006.
2. ^ U.K.'s Youngest Law Lord David Neuberger Joins Court at Age 59, Bloomberg, 10 January 2007.
3. ^ www.number10.gov.uk. Retrieved on December 14, 2006.