David Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell
Lord Richards of Camberwell | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 3 October 2022 | |
| Nominated by | Dominic Raab |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Lady Arden of Heswall |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 2015–2021 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 June 1951 |
| Education | Oundle School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
David Anthony Stewart Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell, PC (born 9 June 1951) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Biography
[edit]The son of Kenneth Richards, MBE and Winifred Richards, he was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1973; MA 1980).[1]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1974. He was made a QC in 1992 and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2003. He was appointed as a chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2014.
He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 16 November 2015. He retired on reaching the then applicable retirement age of 70 in June 2021.[2]
On 17 August 2022, it was announced that Richards had been appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[3] Lord Richards was sworn in on 3 October 2022, when it was announced that he would take the judicial title Lord Richards of Camberwell.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ ‘RICHARDS, Hon. Sir David (Anthony Stewart)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- ^ Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice David Richards
- ^ "New appointments to the UK Supreme Court and JCPC". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Lord Richards Swearing in Ceremony". YouTube.
- ^ "Biographies of the Justices - the Supreme Court".
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