George Leggatt
| The Right Honourable Lord Justice Leggatt | |
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| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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Assumed office 21 July 2017 | |
| Monarch | HM Queen Elizabeth II |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
King’s College, Cambridge Harvard University University of Chicago Law School [1] |
Sir George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt PC (born 12 November 1957)[2] is a Lord Justice of Appeal, the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales.
Education
Leggatt's father is the former Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Andrew Leggatt. Leggatt was educated at Eton College and earned a First-Class Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy at King's College, Cambridge in 1979. He was a Harkness Fellow at Harvard University (1979–80) and received a Diploma in Law with distinction from City Law School in 1981.[3]
Legal career
Leggatt was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1983 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1997. He joined Brick Court Chambers in 1985, where he practised commercial law, including areas such as banking, insurance, sales, and product liability law.[4] He became a recorder in 2002 and was a deputy High Court judge.[5] On 26 October 2012, he was appointed to the High Court,[6] receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours,[7] and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.
Cases
- Yam Seng Pte Ltd v International Trade Corporation Ltd [2013] EWHC 111, finding a duty of good faith in English contract law
- Serdar Mohammed v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 1369 (QB), finding the United Kingdom in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, (specifically Article 5). The UK lacks detention authority under international humanitarian law to capture and detain individuals for longer than 96 hours in the course of the non-international armed conflict in Afghanistan.]]
Notes
- ↑ https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/biographies-of-the-7-newly-appointed-court-of-appeal-judges/
- ↑ "George Leggatt, QC". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ↑ "George Leggatt QC's full CV". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "George Leggatt QC". Brick Court Chambers. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "Appointment of a High Court Judge – Leggatt, QC" (Press release). Ministry of Justice. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ↑ "No. 60315". The London Gazette. 31 October 2012. p. 20891.
- ↑ "No. 60439". The London Gazette. 5 March 2013. p. 4263.