Peter Roth (judge)

The Hon. Mr Justice Roth

High Court Judge
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1952-12-19) 19 December 1952
Alma mater New College, Oxford
University of Pennsylvania

Sir Peter Marcel Roth (born 19 December 1952), styled The Hon. Mr Roth, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Educated at St Paul's School, London, he read law at New College, Oxford and obtained his LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977.[1]

He was a member of Monckton Chambers, a well-established barristers' chambers specialising in commercial and civil law located at Gray's Inn founded by Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley.[2] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1977 and made a bencher there in 2008.[3] He was made a QC in 1997, deputy judge of the High Court from 2008-2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2009. In 2013 he was appointed President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.[4]

He was a Visiting Professor at King's College London from 2003 to 2009.[5]

References

  1. ↑ ‘ROTH, Hon. Sir Peter Marcel’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014
  2. ↑ "Peter Roth QC Appointed High Court Judge". Monckton Chambers. 15 Sep 2009.
  3. ↑ "Masters of the Bench: The Honourable Mr Justice Roth". middletemple.org.uk.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal". judiciary.gov.uk. 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Visiting practitioners & professors". The Dickson Poon School of Law.
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