Legal career
Underhill was called to the bar at Gray's Inn 1976 (elected a bencher 2000). He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992. He was appointed a Recorder in 1994 and was authorised as a deputy High Court judge in 1998. From 2000 to 2003,he was a temporary additional judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He served as Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales from 1998 to 2006. [2] On 30 January 2006,Underhill was appointed a High Court judge, [3] receiving the customary knighthood,and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He was a judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 2006 to 2013,and its president from 2009 to 2011. [4] On 9 April 2013,he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal [5] and consequently appointed to the Privy Council.
Underhill was chair of the Bar Pro Bono Unit (2002–2005). He has served as a trustee of St John's,Smith Square since 1996 and as chair since 2010. He is also a trustee of the London Library,having served since 2008,and has been vice chair since 2011. [2]
He received an Honorary Fellowship from New College,Oxford in 2015. [6]
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