Nicholas Green (judge)

The Right Honourable
Sir Nicholas Green
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Justice of the High Court
In office
2013–2018
Personal details
Born
Nicholas Nigel Green

(1958-10-15) 15 October 1958 (age 66)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Leicester
University of Toronto
University of Southampton
OccupationCourt of Appeal judge
ProfessionJudge

Sir Nicholas Nigel Green (born 15 October 1958) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1][2] He also served as the Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales between 2018 and 2023. He was appointed Deputy Senior Presiding Judge with effect from January 2024.[3]

He was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, the University of Leicester (LLB, 1980), the University of Toronto (LLM, 1981) and the University of Southampton (PhD, 1985).[4]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) in 2013, and was then awarded the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours.[5] In 2018, he was appointed as the Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales, promoted to the Court of Appeal and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Appointment of new Leadership Judges". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  4. ^ ‘GREEN, Hon. Sir Nicholas Nigel’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  5. ^ "No. 60791". The London Gazette. 25 February 2014. p. 3889.
  6. ^ "Who we are | Law Commission". Retrieved 26 August 2023.


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