David Richards (judge)

The Right Honourable

Sir David Richards

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Incumbent

Assumed office
17 August 2022
Monarch| Elizabeth II
Preceded by| Lady Arden of Heswall
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
2015–2021
Monarch| Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born|  (1951-06-09) 9 June 1951 (age 71)
Alma mater| Trinity College, Cambridge

Sir David Anthony Stewart Richards (born 9 June 1951) is a British judge who is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

He was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1974. He was made a QC in 1992 and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2003. He was appointed as a chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2014.

He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 16 November 2015. He retired on reaching the then applicable retirement age of 70 in June 2021.[2]

On 17 August 2022, it was announced that Richards had been appointed to the Supreme Court.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ ‘RICHARDS, Hon. Sir David (Anthony Stewart)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
2. ^ Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice David Richards
3. ^ "New appointments to the UK Supreme Court and JCPC". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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