Masters of the Bench

Sir David Scoffield is a Judge of the High Court in Northern Ireland.  He was educated at University College, Oxford and Queen's University, Belfast.  He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1999 where he practised primarily in the field of public, administrative and constitutional law, with interests in planning and procurement law, and appeared regularly before the UK Supreme Court.  He took silk in 2011, aged 34; and was appointed to the High Court Bench in 2020.  He is currently assigned to the Judicial Review Section of the Queen's Bench Division.  He is also Chair of the Northern Ireland Law Commission.