Sir Nicholas Patten | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
In office 9 July 2009 –8 August 2020 | |
Preceded by | Lord Justice Collins |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 August 1950 |
Sir Nicholas John Patten (born 7 August 1950) [1] is a former member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Tulse Hill Comprehensive School for boys;Christ Church,Oxford.
Patten was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1974 and made a Bencher in 1997. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1998. On 2 October 2000,he was appointed to the High Court of Justice, [2] receiving the customary knighthood,and was assigned to the Chancery Division. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 2005 to 2008. [3] On 8 June 2009,Patten became a Lord Justice of Appeal, [4] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council the same year. He retired on 8 August 2020,having reached the statutory retirement age for judges. [5]
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