Andrew Nicol (judge)
| The Hon. Mr Justice Nicol | |
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| High Court Judge | |
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Assumed office 2009 | |
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| Born | 9 May 1951 |
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Selwyn College, Cambridge Harvard Law School |
For the rugby player, see Andy Nicol.
Sir Andrew George Lindsay Nicol (born 9 May 1951), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Nicol, is a British High Court judge.
He was educated at City of London Freemen's School, Selwyn College, Cambridge and Harvard Law School (LLM).[1]
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1978 and became a bencher there in 2004. He was made a QC in 1995, deputy judge of the High Court from 2003 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2009.
He co-wrote Media Law with Geoffrey Robertson.[2]
Personal life
He is married to Camilla Palmer QC, and has two sons.
References
- ↑ ‘NICOL, Hon. Sir Andrew (George Lindsay)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ↑ Cohen, Nick. "Secret justice will lead to paranoia – and it's not very British". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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