Neil Garnham
British judge
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Sir Neil Stephen Garnham (born 11 February 1959)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Mr Justice Garnham | |
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| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2015 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 11 February 1959 |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Garnham was educated at Ipswich School, then completed a BA at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1982. He practised from 1 Crown Office Row chambers from 1982, joining from 1 Temple Gardens.[2]
He was junior counsel to the Crown from 1995 to 2001. In 2001, he was counsel for the inquiry into the murder of Victoria Climbié.[3] In 2011 and 2012, he acted for the Metropolitan Police Service at the Leveson Inquiry.[4][5][6] In 2013, he represented the Government in a High Court case concerning what classified materials could be disclosed in judicial proceedings around the death of Alexander Litvinenko.[7]
He took silk in 2001 and was appointed a recorder in the same year; he served in this position until 2015. He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2008.[1]
On 5 November 2015, he was appointed a judge of the High Court, serving in the Queen's Bench Division,[2] and took the customary knighthood in the same year. He has been Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit since 2019.[1][8]
He married Gillian Mary Shaw in 1991, with whom he has two sons.[1]