David Waksman
British judge
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Sir David Michael Waksman (born 28 August 1957)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Mr Justice Waksman | |
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Waksman in 2016 | |
| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2018 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1957 |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford University of Manchester |
Waksman was educated at Royal Grammar School in Newcastle. He completed an LLB from the University of Manchester and the BCL at St Catherine's College, Oxford.[1]
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1982 and practised from Fountain Court Chambers, specialising in commercial law.[2] He took silk in 2002. He served as recorder from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, he left practice to become a full-time specialist senior circuit judge, which he served as until 2018. He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2005 and was from 2015 to 2018 judge in charge of the London Mercantile Court.[3][1][4]
On 1 October 2018, he was appointed as a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[5] He took the customary knighthood in the same year.[1] He hears cases in the Commercial Court, the Technology and Construction Court; he is the designated judge of the Planning Court and is authorised to sit on the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Administrative Court.[4]