Background
He is the son of Harold Lightman, Queen's Counsel and the brother of Professor Stafford Lightman.
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Gavin Lightman
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University College, London (Bachelor of Laws 1st class Honours 1961. Fellow, 2002)
University of Michigan (Master of Laws).
Career
Mr Justice Lightman, has been a judge of the English High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 1994. He retired from office as a High Court judge on 10 January 2008 and is currently the Chairman of Harbour Litigation Funding"s Investment Committee. Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield, 1962 Called to the Bar, Lincoln"s Inn, 1963, Bencher 1987.
Queen's Counsel 1980 Judge of the Crown Office since 1995 (now Administrative Court) Judge of the Restrictive Practices Court 1997-2001 Vice President, Anglo-Jewish Association, since 1995 (Deputy President 1986-1992) Chairman: Committee, Anglo Jewish Association, 1986-1994 Chairman: Committee, Hillel House, 1992-1996 (Vice-President since 1996) Chairman: Legal Friends, University of Haifa, since 1990 (Governor, 1994 Chairman: Leonard Sainer Legal Foundation, 2000- Patron: Commonwealth Jewish Council, 1994-2000 (Chairman, since 2000) Patron: Hammerson Home, 1996- Patron: British Fulbright Scholars Association (BFSA), 2008- Treasurer: Lincoln"s Inn, 2008 Chairman: Investment Committee, Harbour Litigation Funding (2010-present).
