Masters of the Bench

Education: Charterhouse 1956-61; University College, Oxford 1961-64; MA; College Prize 1963; Williams Prize 1964; Astbury Scholar 1965

Admission: 9 November 1961; Call 23 November 1965; QC 1982; Director of Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund Ltd. 1987-94; Recorder 1990-93; Chairman of various Banking Appeal Tribunals 1992-93; Knighted 1993; High Court Judge, QBD, Commercial List 1993-99; PC 1999; Court of Appeal 1999-2005; President, British Insurance Law Association 2000-02; Chairman, Consultative Council of European Judges of the Council of Europe 2000-03 and member 2003-2012; Trustee, European Law Academy 2003-11; Appellate Committee House of Lords 2005-09; Member, Judicial Integrity Group 2008-; Report on Justice, Impunity and Violence in Congo 2008; Chairman of International Law Association 2009-; Chairman of Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law 2010-; Member of Committee established under Article 255 Treaty on Functioning of European Union to report on candidates for appointment to the ECJ 2010-2018 ; High Steward of the University of Oxford 2012-2018; Hon. Fellow University College Oxford, Wolfson College Oxford and Liverpool John Moores Univ.; Hon Dr Canterbury Christ Church Univ.; and Hon LLD (Oxon) 2017.

Publications: Chalmers Sale of Goods, 1981 (asst ed); Halsbury Laws of England, Title on Sale of Goods, 1983 (joint ed); numerous lectures, articles and reviews on legal subjects

Recreations: Music; Tennis; Languages