William Davis (judge)
Lord Justice Davis | |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 1 May 2014 – 30 September 2021 | |
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| Born | 20 June 1954 |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London |
Sir William Easthope Davis (born 20 June 1954), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Davis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1]
He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester and Queen Mary University of London.[2]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1975. He was made a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on 1 May 2014 and promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2021.He was chair of the U.K. Sentencing Council which tried to introduce controversial guidance to judges on sentencing which was blocked by the Lord Chancellor on behalf of the government but then withdrew them when presented with emergency legislation.
He was awarded an honorary degree - the LLD - from Aston University in 2014, for services to the legal professional and legal education.
He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ ‘DAVIS, William Easthope’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ "List of Business" (PDF). 15 December 2021.
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