John Goldring

The Right Honourable
Sir John Goldring
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
12 January 2009 – 10 November 2014
Preceded by Lord Justice Buxton
Personal details
Born 9 November 1944

Sir John Bernard Goldring (born 9 November 1944)[1] is a former 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 served as Deputy Senior Presiding Judge from October 2008[3] until his promotion to Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales on 1 January 2010.[4] His three-year term ended on 31 December 2012.[5]

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.[6]

It was announced in 2014 that he would be the coroner of fresh inquests for victims of the Hillsborough disaster.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Judiciary". judiciary.gov.uk. 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.
  3. ↑ "Senior Judicial Appointments Announced" (Press release). Judicial Communications Office. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of new Senior Presiding Judge" (Press release). Judicial Communications Office. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Appointment of new Senior Presiding Judge" (Press release). Judiciary of England and Wales. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Chair and Commissioners". Judicial Appointments Commission.
  7. ↑ "Appointed coroner for fresh Hillsborough Inquest". Hillsborough Inquests.