John Goldring

The Right Honourable
 Sir John Goldring
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 January 2009
Preceded by Lord Justice Buxton
Personal details
Born 9 November 1944

Sir John Bernard Goldring (born 9 November 1944)[1] is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Career

He was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1969 and made a Bencher in 1996. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was a Recorder in the Crown Court from 1987 to 1999, and was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 1996. On 1 October 1997, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division; he received the customary knighthood the same year. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 12 January 2009, whereupon he was appointed to the Privy Council.[2]

He also served as a deputy senior judge of the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus, a deputy High Court judge, and a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey.

He was appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission in February 2006, as representative for the judiciary.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Senior Judiciary". judiciary.gov.uk. http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Lords Justices of Appeal". number10.gov.uk. 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2009. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090706042222/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16257. 
  3. ^ "Chair and Commissioners". Judicial Appointments Commission. http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/about/chair_commissioners.htm.