Masters of the Bench

David Allen read law at Merton College Oxford and at McGill University, Montreal before being Called in 1975.He taught law at several universities for over 20 years, chiefly at the University of Leicester, where he was Head of Department between 1993-6. He wrote a number of books and journal articles, mainly on issues of contract and tort law. He was in practice for 10 years during his time at Leicester. He sat for several years as a fee-paid Immigration Adjudicator, becoming full-time in 1999, and was appointed as a Vice-President of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in 2000. He has been a judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) since 2010, having had responsibility over a number of years for training, which he has done both in the United Kingdom and abroad. He has been a Deputy High Court Judge since 2016. He has been a legal member of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission since 2001. He has been General Editor of the Personal Injury and Quantum Reports since their inception in 1993. He has sat on Scholarship interview panels for the Inn since 2016,and is a Committee Member of the Middle Temple Historical Society.