David Foskett

The Hon. Mr Justice Foskett
High Court Judge
Assumed office
2 October 2007
Personal details
Born (1949-03-16) 16 March 1949
Alma mater King's College London

Sir David Robert Foskett (born 19 March 1949), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Foskett, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Education

He was educated at Warwick School and at King's College London (LLB, 1970) during which time he also served as President of the Students' Union and was awarded the College's Jelf Medal.

Career

He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1972 and became a bencher there in 1999 and Treasurer in 2018 in succession to Baroness Hale. He was made a QC in 1991, recorder from 1995-2007, deputy judge of the High Court from 1998-2007, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2007.[1] Foskett is the author of the leading text on the law of compromise in England and Wales.[2]

He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.

References

  1. ↑ Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's Ltd. 2009. ISBN 1-870520-51-3.
  2. ↑ Sir David Foskett, The Law and Practice of Compromise, 7th edition, London, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010
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