Sir Robert John Miles, styled Mr Justice Miles, is a British High Court Judge.[1]
Mr Justice Miles | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 November 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
Personal life and education
editMiles was born on the 29th of November 1962, later studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University before obtaining a Diploma in Law at City University and returning to Oxford University to take the Bachelor of Civil Law.[1][2]
Career
editCalled to the Bar in 1987, Miles practised from Chambers at 4 Stone Buildings, in Lincoln's Inn, specialising in commercial and financial law and civil fraud, often with a foreign element. He was appointed as King's Counsel in 2002 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2006.[1] From June 2012 he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]
On 21 April 2020 he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court[4] and on 16 March 2022 he received the customary knighthood.[5] Miles has also co-edited Oxford University Press’s Annotated Companies Legislation.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "High Court Judges 2019 | Judicial Appointments Commission". 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Miles, Hon. Sir Robert John, (born 29 Nov. 1962), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2020". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42877. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Duchy council". theduchycouncil. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.
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- ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Annotated Companies Legislation (3rd ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2 May 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-967769-6.