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Exeter College.
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James Holman
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Holman was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1971 and was elected a bencher in 1995. He was Queen"s Proctor from 1980-1991 and legal assessor for the Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (now the Nursing and Midwifery Council) from 1983-1995. Holman has served as an officer of the Family Law Bar Association, as secretary 1988-1992 and chairman 1992-1995.
In 1991, he was appointed a Queen"s Counsel and a Crown Court Recorder in 1993.
On 21 March of that year, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Family Division. He served as Family Division Liaison Judge for the Western Circuit from 1995 to 2002.
Membership
He was a member of the Family Proceedings Rules Committee from 1991 and of the Supreme Court (now the Senior Courts) Procedure Committee from 1992, leaving both committees in 1995.
