David Kitchin

The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Kitchin
Lord Justice of Appeal
Taking office
5 October 2011
Succeeding  
Personal details
Born (1955-04-30) 30 April 1955
Nationality British
Alma mater Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Sir David James Tyson Kitchin (born 30 April 1955)[1] is a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Career

Having studied Natural Sciences as an undergraduate at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Kitchin switched to Law in his final year and was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1977; he has been a bencher since 2003. During his university days, he also coxed the Cambridge team that won the 1975 Boat Race.[2]

He became a Queen's Counsel in 1994. In 2001, he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. He was appointed to the High Court of Justice on 3 October 2005[3] and assigned to the Chancery Division; he was knighted in the same year. Kitchin has served as Chancery Supervising Judge for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits since 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal effective 5 October 2011,[4] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.

References

  1. "Senior Judiciary". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Fitzwilliam College News". Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 57779. p. 12972. 7 October 2005.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 59931. p. 19091. 6 October 2011.


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