Richard Snowden (judge)

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The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Snowden
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High Court Judge
Assumed office
2015
Personal details
Born (1962-03-22) 22 March 1962 (age 59)
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
Harvard Law School

Sir Richard Andrew Snowden (born 22 March 1962), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Snowden, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.[1]

Snowden was educated at Downing College, Cambridge, and Harvard Law School. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1986, and elected a Bencher in 2010. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2003, a Recorder in 2006, and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2008.[2] He was a member of the Insolvency Rules Committee between 2002 and 2012. He also edited several works on company and insolvency law.

Snowden was appointed a Justice of the High Court (Chancery Division) on 30 April 2015, following the elevation of Mr Justice Sales to the Court of Appeal, and received the customary knighthood the same year.[3][4]

On September 19, 2019, Snowden took on the role of Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine and became Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the North and North-Eastern Circuits following Mr Justice Barling's retirement.

On August 31, 2021, it was announced that Snowden would be promoted to the Court of Appeal and will become Lord Justice Snowden in the new legal year. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Mr Justice Snowden". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  3. ^ "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Snowden". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  4. ^ "No. 61406". The London Gazette. 10 November 2015. p. 22094.
  5. ^ https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-12-15-List-of-Business.pdf
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