Richard Aikens

The Right Honourable
Sir Richard Aikens
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
19 November 2008 – 2 November 2015
Preceded by Lord Justice Gage
Personal details
Born 28 August 1948

Sir Richard John Pearson Aikens PC (born 28 August 1948)[1] is a former member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, having retired from that body on 1 November 2015.

Career

Aikens was educated at Norwich School and St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1973 and made a Bencher in 1994. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1986. He was appointed a Recorder in 1993. On 6 May 1999, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. On 19 November 2008, Aikens became a Lord Justice of Appeal,[3] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council the same year. He retired as a Lord Justice of Appeal on 2 November 2015.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Senior Judiciary List Archived 2012-07-28 at WebCite
  2. ↑ "Masters of the Bench - The Rt Hon Lord Justice Richard Aikens". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Press Notice: 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.
  4. ↑ "Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice Aikens". 2 November 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2017.


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