Background
Lloyd Jones was born on 31 January 1952, to William Elwyn Jones and Annie Blodwen Jones (née Lloyd-Jones).
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He was educated at Pontypridd Boys’ Grammar School. He graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree, later upgraded to Master of Arts (Master of Arts Cantab), and then a first class Bachelor of Laws (Bachelor of Laws) degree.
Career
He read law at Downing College, Cambridge. Academic career Lloyd Jones was a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge from 1975 to 1991. He has written articles that have been published in a number of academic journals specialising in law.
Legal career Lloyd Jones was called to the bar in 1975 (Middle Temple).
He became a Recorder in 1994 and served as a junior Crown Counsel (Common Law) from 1997 to 1999. Lloyd Jones became a Queen"s Counsel in 1999.
In 2009, it was revealed that he had been paid more than £1 million for his involvement in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. On 3 October 2005, he was appointed as a High Court judge, and was assigned to the Queen"s Bench Division.
He served as Presiding Judge on the Welsh Circuit and Chair of the Lord Chancellor’s Standing Committee on the Welsh Language from 2008 to 2011.
On 1 October 2012, Lloyd Jones was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, and he was appointed to the Privy Council on 7 November 2012.
Achievements
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In 2005, upon being appointed a High Court judge, he received the customary appointment of knight bachelor. On 14 February 2006, he was knighted at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth World War II He was made an Honorary Fellow of Aberystwyth University in 2012. He was awarded an honorary degree by Swansea University in 2014.
