Background
Blake, Nicholas John was born on June 21, 1949 in London. Son of Lesley Gorrod Blake and Jean Margaret (Ballinger) Steers.
Blake, Nicholas John was born on June 21, 1949 in London. Son of Lesley Gorrod Blake and Jean Margaret (Ballinger) Steers.
Bachelor in History with honors, Cambridge (England) University, 1970. Barrister at law, Inns of Court School of Law, London, 1973.
Mr Blake, is a British High Court judge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1974 and became a bencher there in 2002. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1994, deputy judge of the High Court from 2003 to 2007, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen"s Bench Division) since 2007.
Member council Justice (United Kingdom section International Commission Jurists), London, 1995. Member Immigration Law Practitioners Association (chair 1993-1997), Haldane Society Socalist Lawyers (secretary 1980-1986), Immigration Asylum and Human Rights (2003).
Married Clio Whittaker, July 5, 1986. Children: Lydia, Sophia, Sebastian.