He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1974 and became a bencher there in 2002. He was made a QC in 1994, specialising in immigration, asylum and free movement and human rights law. He was a founding member of Matrix Chambers[2] and first chair of its management committee. He was appointed as a special advocate and as a Deputy High Court judge in 2002, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2007. From 2004 to 2013 he was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.[3]
From 2010 to 2013 he was President[4] of the newly established Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). He served as a British representative of the International Association of Judges.[2]
Blake retired from the bench on 3 October 2017.[5]
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^‘BLAKE, Hon. Sir Nicholas (John Gorrod)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
^ ab"Former Members - Matrix International". Matrix International. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^"Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | Mr Justice Blake". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^"New President announced". Free Movement. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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