Mark Warby
Lord Justice Warby | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
Assumed office 3 February 2021 | |
Justice of the High Court | |
In office 10 June 2014 – 3 February 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 October 1958 |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Profession | Barrister, judge |
Sir Mark David John Warby
PC (born 10 October 1958), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Warby, is a Lord Justice of Appeal.[1]
Career
He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford.[2]
He was called to the bar at
appointed Queen's Counsel in 2002.[3] He was a Recorder of the Crown Court (Midland Circuit) from 2009 to 2014.[4] He was selected to present a seminar on media law to the Leveson Inquiry Panel in 2011.[5] In 2013, he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge and he became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on 11 June 2014. Following his appointment to the High Court he was awarded the customary knighthood
.
In March 2017 he was appointed Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List.[6][7]
In March 2018 he was appointed director of Senior Judiciary Training.[8]
In January 2019 he became chair of the High Court Judges’ Association.[9][10]
In July 2020 his appointment to the Court of Appeal was announced, and took effect on 3 February 2021.[11] He was appointed Senior Judicial Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission for a period of three years from 1 June 2023 until 31 May 2026.[12]
Publications
- The Law of Privacy and the Media: joint editor of second and third editions and a contributor to all three editions.[13][14][15][16][17]
- Contributor to Blackstone's Guide to the Defamation Act[18][19]
- Contributor to Sport: Law and Practice[20]
- Gave The Thomas Sutton Lecture 2019 at the Charterhouse on the subject of More and more: law and the Charterhouse in London.[21][22]
Honours
- He was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) on 16 April 2002.[23]
- He was knighted in June 2014. This allowed him to be referred to as Sir Mark Warby.
- He was sworn in as a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on 10 March 2021 at Windsor Castle.[24] This gave him the Honorific Prefix "The Right Honourable" for life.
References
- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U43233. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Crown Office". The London Gazette. No. 56538. 16 April 2002. p. 4622. Notice L-56538-1002
- ^ "Mr Justice Warby". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2015.
- ^ Warby, Mark (22 January 2014). Press Freedom after Snowden & Leveson. Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong.
- ^ "The Media and Communications List". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Media & Communications List Consultation Report" (PDF). Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. June 2017.
- ^ Judicial College. "Activities Report 2019-2020" (PDF). Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- ^ "Sir Mark Warby appointed Lord Justice of Appeal". 5RB Barristers. 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Alumnus The Hon. Mr Justice Warby appointed as Lord Justice of Appeal". St. John's College, Oxford. 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 64112". The London Gazette. 12 July 2023. p. 13798.
- ISBN 978-0-19-968574-5.
- ^ "The Law of Privacy and the Media 3rd Edition". 5RB Barristers.
- ISBN 978-0-19-968574-5.
- ISBN 978-0-19-958115-3.
- ISBN 978-0-19-925430-9.
- ISBN 978-0-19-966421-4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-966421-4.
- ISBN 978-1-78043-113-0.
- ^ Warby, Mark (21 October 2019). More and more: law and the Charterhouse in London (Speech). The Thomas Sutton Lecture 2019. London Charterhouse.
- ^ Magrath, Paul (6 January 2020). "More and more: Law and the Charterhouse in London".
- ^ "Crown Office". The London Gazette. No. 56538. 16 April 2002. p. 4622. Notice L-56538-1002
- ^ "ORDERS APPROVED AND BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT THE PRIVY COUNCIL HELD BY THE QUEEN AT WINDSOR CASTLE ON 10TH MARCH 2021" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 23 November 2021.