Timothy Holroyde

The Hon. Mr Justice Holroyde

High Court Judge
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1955-08-18) 18 August 1955
Alma mater Wadham College, Oxford

Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde (born 18 August 1955), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Holroyde, is a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division.[1]

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and called to the bar in 1977. As a barrister, he practised from Exchange Chambers, Liverpool.[2] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1996, and was appointed to the High Court in January 2009. From 2012 he is a Presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit.[3][4]

He appeared as counsel for the prosecution in the trial that followed the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.[5]

In 2012 Mr Justice Holroyde presided over the seven-month trial of Asil Nadir on fraud charges.[6][7]

References

  1. "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2013-02-13.
  2. "Tim Holroyde QC Receives Knighthood". Exchange Chambers. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  3. "New Presiding Judges appointed". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2011-06-21.
  4. "The Hon Mr Justice Holroyde". Debretts.com. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  5. "Court hears of cockling dangers". BBC. 2005-09-19.
  6. "Asil Nadir jailed for 10 years for Polly Peck thefts". BBC. 2012-08-23.
  7. "R -v- Asil Nadir: Sentencing Remarks of The Hon Mr Justice Holroyde". Judiciary of England & Wales. 2012-08-23.


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