I am a full time Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, having been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2016 and a Member of the Privy Council in 2017. I sit in the Civil Division of the Court, hearing appeals and writing judgments on a wide variety of civil cases. I was previously a Judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) from 2007 to 2016.
- Distinguished Fellow, All Souls College (from 2008)
- Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division (from 2007 to 2016)
- Deputy High Court Judge, Chancery Division (from 2001 to 2007)
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1995)
- Standing Junior Counsel to the Inland Revenue (from 1992 to 1995)
- Standing Junior Counsel to Inland Revenue (Chancery) (from 1987 to 1992)
- Fifty-Pound Fellow, All Souls College (from 1982 to 1989)
- Barrister (Chancery) (from 1978 to 2007)
- Prize Fellow, All Souls College (from 1974 to 1981)
- Undergraduate, Balliol College, Oxford (from 1970 to 1974)
- Chairman of the Trust Law Committee (2016 to date)
- Trustee of the Samuel Courtauld Trust (from 2005 to 2013)
- Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn (2004)