Education
He was educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton and obtained a Bachelor of law degree from Van Mildert College, University of Durham.
He was educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton and obtained a Bachelor of law degree from Van Mildert College, University of Durham.
He was previously a Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice-President of the Criminal Division from 24 April 2006, following the retirement of Lord Justice Rose, to 9 April 2013. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1970 and was a Crown Court Recorder from 1985 to 1997, being Head of Chambers until 1997 of Number.1 Fountain Court Chambers, Birmingham. He was appointed a Queen"s Counsel in 1990, and a judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division, from 1997 to 2003.
He served as Presiding Judge on the Midland circuit from 2000 to 2003, and transferred to the Queen"s Bench Division from 2004 to 2006.
On 9 April 2013, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The Public Prosecution Service v William Elliott and Robert McKee UKSC 32.
