Martin Griffiths (judge)

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Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Assumed office
1 October 2019
MonarchCharles III
Personal details
Born (1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 62)
United Kingdom
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Sir Martin Alexander Griffiths (born 27 April 1962)[1] is a British High Court judge.

Griffiths was educated at the

Inns of Court School of Law.[1]

He was

took silk in 2006, served as a recorder from 2009 to 2019, and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016. He was a member of the Bar Council from 2008 to 2015.[1]

On 1 October 2019, Griffiths was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the

Presiding Judge of the Wales circuit, succeeding Sir Simon Picken.[1][6]

In 1995, he married Susan Burden (a barrister), with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[4] He is multilingual and speaks French and Italian.[2]

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