Peter Roth | |
|---|---|
 Roth in 2015 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
| Competition Appeal Tribunal President | |
| In office 2013–2021 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Marcel Roth 19 December 1952 |
| Alma mater | New College,Oxford (BA) University of Pennsylvania (LLM) |
Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge. [1]
Educated at St Paul's School,London,Roth read history at New College,Oxford,and obtained the degree of LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977. [2]
Roth was a member of Monckton Chambers,a set of barristers' chambers specialising in commercial and competition law,located in Gray's Inn and founded by Walter Monckton,1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. [3] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1977 and elected a Bencher in 2008. [4] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997, [5] a deputy judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2009,and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2009. [1]
He received his customary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in February 2010. [6]
In 2013,Roth was appointed President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He retired from the position in 2021. [7] [2]
He was a visiting professor at King's College London from 2003 to 2009. [8]
In 2010,Roth married Tessa Margaret Buchanan. He has one daughter,one step-son and one step-daughter. [2]
On New Year's Day 2017,Roth's Knight Bachelor and insignia medal were stolen from his home in Primrose Hill. The burglar also stole a family heirloom,bank cards,car keys and jewellery. A man was arrested but later acquitted at trial due to lack of evidence. The items,including the original insignia medal,have never been recovered. [9]
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