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 Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) on 11 January 2007. His rise to the Court of Appeal and then to the House of Lords is one of the quickest in recent times, though the Lord Devlin was, at 55, even younger on his own appointment to the House of Lords in 1960. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury is the youngest current Law Lord.^[1]

[edit] Private life

Neuberger is the son of Professor Albert Neuberger and his wife, Lillian. He is the nephew of Rabbi Herman N. Neuberger, brother of Professor James Neuberger, Professor Michael Neuberger, and Professor Anthony Neuberger, and the brother-in-law of Rabbi the Baroness 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 (as Mr Justice Neuberger) 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 (as Lord Justice Neuberger) 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.