Timothy Fancourt
Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt, KC, styled Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.[1]
Mr Justice Fancourt | |
|---|---|
Fancourt in 2019 | |
| Judge of the High Court Chancery Division | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1964 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Profession | Judge |
Personal life and education
Fancourt was born on the 30th of August 1964 and attended Whitgift School in Croydon. He would later study Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2]
He married Emily Windsor in 2000, with whom he has a daughter.[2][3]
Career
He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987 and then became a tenant of the London based chambers '11 Kings Bench Walk', this would later be known as 'Falcon Chambers'. As a barrister he specialised in real property and landlord and tenant law.[4][5] He would be appointed King's Counsel in 2003.[6]
In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales, and was appointed as a Recorder in 2009[7] sitting in Harrow Crown Court[3] until 2017.[2] In 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Chancery Bar Association.[2]
He was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2013 and as a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in 2017.[1] He received his customary knighthood in May 2019 from Queen Elizabeth II.[8]
Fancourt is also a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Fancourt, Hon. Sir Timothy Miles, (born 30 Aug. 1964), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2018; President, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44011. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Bar Welcome Speeches". CHBA.ORG. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Falcon Chambers - Barristers". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Mr Justice Fancourt". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Timothy Fancourt, Caroline Shea, Catherine Taskis, Emily Windsor, Edward Peters, Jamie Sutherland (2018). Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings (15th ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9781847038555.
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