Alistair MacDuff

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Sir Alistair Geoffrey MacDuff (born 26 May 1945) is a retired British judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

MacDuff was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1969 and made a Queen's Counsel in 1993. From 1987 to 1997, he was a Recorder. From 1997 to 2008, he was a circuit judge on the Midland and Oxford Circuit latterly designated to hear civil cases in Birmingham; in 2002, he became a senior circuit judge. [1] On 14 April 2008, MacDuff was appointed a Justice of the High Court, [2] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

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References

  1. The Hon Mr Justice MacDuff. Debrett's People of Today.
  2. "No. 58674". The London Gazette . 21 April 2008. p. 6078.