Masters of the Bench

Full Title: The Rt Hon Lord Justice Guy Newey

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 09-02-2010

Call Date: 29-07-1982

Bio:

Called in 1982, Guy was appointed to the High Court Bench (Chancery Division) in January 2010.  His previous Chancery practice, latterly in Maitland Chambers, had focussed on litigation with a strong emphasis on appearing for public bodies. From 1990 until he took Silk in 2001, Guy was one of the Junior Counsel to the Crown (Chancery and then on the A Panel), as well as Junior Counsel to the Charity Commissioners.  He was appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry in April 2005 as a Companies Act Inspector in the celebrated MG Rover Group case.  Guy became an Acting Deemster of the Isle of Man in 2003, and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2006.