Peter Cresswell (judge)

Sir Peter John Cresswell (born 24 April 1944) is an English former High Court judge.[1] who is currently a judge of the Qatar International Court.[2]

He studied Law at Queen's College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1965 gaining an MA and LLB and was then called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1966.[3] He became a Queens Counsel in 1983[3] before being appointed a High Court Judge in 1991 where he was assigned to the Queens' Bench Division.[1] From 1993-94 he was the judge in charge of the commercial court.[3] Between 1993 and 1996 Creswell presided over the Lloyds litigation, the largest piece of civil litigation in the UK.[2]

Cresswell retired from the High Court in 2008[1] and since 2009 has been a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.[4][4]

In November 2014 he was made a Companion of The Academy of Experts.[5]

He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and a Bencher of Gray's Inn.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England and Wales. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. 1 2 "Biographies of the Justices". Qatar International Court. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sir Peter Cresswell". 3 Verulam Buildings.
  4. 1 2 "Sir Peter Cresswell, DL". Cayman Islands Judicial and Legal Information Website.
  5. ↑ https://www.academyofexperts.org/news/contributions-expert-witness-legal-professions-recognised
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