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University of Oxford. Brasenose College.
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Peter Jackson
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Mr Justice Peter Jackson, is an English High Court judge, assigned to the Family Division. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1978 and became a Queen"s Counsel in 2000. He was subsequently appointed as a Recorder in 1998, a Deputy High Court Judge in 2003 and a High Court Judge with effect from 1 October 2010.
Chambers & Partners described Jackson as a "master tactician stalks his prey in a very subtle, understated manner.
In February 2011 Jackson made a landmark ruling allowing journalists to attend hearings in the in a case about an autistic man who had been kept away from his home and family by a local authority, the London Borough of Hillingdon. Jackson also agreed to allow the news media to identify all parties in the case.
Previously, the court had been widely criticised in the media for being able to make crucial rulings without public scrutiny.
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