Background
Wilkie was born on 26 December 1947.
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Alan Wilkie
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He was educated at Hutchesons" Grammar School, an independent school in Glasgow, Scotland, and Manchester Grammar School, an all-boys independent school in Manchester, England. He studied law at Balliol College, Oxford.
Career
Since 2004, he has been a High Court judge. Wilkie was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1974. He was made a Queen"s Counsel (Queen's Counsel) on 28 April 1992.
On 27 January 1995, he was appointed to the South Eastern Circuit as a Recorder, a part-time judge.
Wilkie became a full-time judge in 1997. On 9 April, he was appointed a circuit judge.
He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen"s Bench Division) since 1 October 2004. He was a Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit from 2007 to 2010.
On 1 April 2012, he was appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission for a five-year period.
Notable cases that Wilkie has presided over include the trial of Lord Ahmed for death by dangerous driving, the Milly Dowler murder trial, and the trial of Bishop Peter Ball for sexual abuse.
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Membership
Since 2012, he has additionally been a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. He is an Honorary Member of The Society of Legal Scholars.
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