Matthew Nicklin
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 2 October 2017 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Oxford, England |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
Sir Matthew James Nicklin
FRSA (born 1970)[1] is a British High Court judge
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Nicklin was born in
Nicklin was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1993 and practised from 1996, specialising in privacy and defamation law. In addition to practice, he wrote The Law of Privacy and the Media in 2002 which was taken into a third edition.[1]
He served as a
On 2 October 2017, Nicklin was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the
Queen's Bench Division.[4] He took the customary knighthood in the same year.[1] Since February 2021, he has been Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List.[5]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Alumni Profiles". www.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Matthew Nicklin QC appointed to High Court". 5RB Barristers. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary UK. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Mr Justice Nicklin appointed Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List". Judiciary UK. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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