Mr Justice Jacobs | |
|---|---|
 Jacobs in 2022 | |
| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 25 June 2018 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1956 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College,Cambridge |
Sir Richard David Jacobs (born 21 December 1956) [1] is a British High Court judge.
Jacobs was educated at Highgate School. He studied law at Pembroke College,Cambridge and graduated with a first-class degree.[ citation needed ]
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1979 and practised from Essex Court Chambers,specialising in commercial law;he was co-head of chambers from 2013 to 2017. While in practice,he also sat as an arbitrator. [2]
He took silk in 1998 and served as a recorder from 2002 to 2018. In 2003,he was visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. In addition to practice,he co-authored Liability Insurance in International Arbitration:the Bermuda form in 2004 which was taken into a second edition in 2011. [3] [1]
On 25 June 2018,he was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. [4] He received the customary knighthood in the same year. [1] Jacobs sits on the Commercial Court. [4]
In 1990,he married Pamela Fine,with whom he has one son and two daughters. [1]
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