Mr Justice Griffiths | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 27 April 1962 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | New College,Oxford |
Sir Martin Alexander Griffiths (born 27 April 1962) [1] is a British High Court judge.
Griffiths was educated at the City of London School and attended New College,Oxford on an open scholarship,taking a first-class BA in modern history and modern languages in 1984 which was promoted to an MA in 1988. After his undergraduate studies,he completed a graduate diploma in law at City University in 1985 and his vocational barrister training at the Inns of Court School of Law. [1]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986;he volunteered at Waterloo Legal Advice Service from 1988 to 1993. In practice,he specialised in commercial law and practised from Essex Court Chambers. [2] [3] He took silk in 2006,served as a recorder from 2009 to 2019,and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016. He was a member of the Bar Council from 2008 to 2015. [1]
On 1 October 2019,Griffiths was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division,replacing Dame Nicola Davies who was promoted to the Court of Appeal. [4] [5] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. Since 2022,he has been Presiding Judge of the Wales circuit,succeeding Sir Simon Picken. [1] [6]
In 1995,he married Susan Burden (a barrister),with whom he has two sons and a daughter. [4] He is multilingual and speaks French and Italian. [2]
