Timothy Holroyde
| The Hon. Mr Justice Holroyde | |
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| High Court Judge | |
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Assumed office 2009 | |
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| Born | 18 August 1955 |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde (born 18 August 1955), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Holroyde, is a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division.[1]
He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and called to the bar in 1977. As a barrister, he practised from Exchange Chambers, Liverpool.[2] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1996, and was appointed to the High Court in January 2009. From 2012 he is a Presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit.[3][4]
He appeared as counsel for the prosecution in the trial that followed the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.[5]
In 2012 Mr Justice Holroyde presided over the seven-month trial of Asil Nadir on fraud charges.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2013-02-13.
- ↑ "Tim Holroyde QC Receives Knighthood". Exchange Chambers. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
- ↑ "New Presiding Judges appointed". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2011-06-21.
- ↑ "The Hon Mr Justice Holroyde". Debretts.com. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
- ↑ "Court hears of cockling dangers". BBC. 2005-09-19.
- ↑ "Asil Nadir jailed for 10 years for Polly Peck thefts". BBC. 2012-08-23.
- ↑ "R -v- Asil Nadir: Sentencing Remarks of The Hon Mr Justice Holroyde". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2012-08-23.
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