David Holgate

The Honourable Mr Justice Holgate
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High Court Judge King's Bench Division
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014

Personal details
Born	(1956-08-03) 3 August 1956 (age 67)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Sir David John Holgate (born 3 August 1956), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Holgate, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.^[1]

Holgate was educated at Davenant Foundation Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford. He was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1978 and took silk in 1997. He served as Recorder from 2002 to 2014 and Deputy High Court Judge from 2008 to 2014.

On 1 December 2014, Holgate was appointed to be a Justice of the High Court and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division, on the retirement of Mr Justice Ramsey, receiving the customary knighthood the following year.^[2] He has been President of the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber since 2016 and Planning Liaison Judge since 2017.

References

^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
^ "No. 61406". The London Gazette. 10 November 2015. p. 22094.

v t e Judges of the King's Bench Division of England and Wales
For brevity, the word "Justice" has been omitted from judges' titles.
Division heads	President Dame Victoria Sharp Vice-President Lord Justice Dingemans
Puisne judges	Mr Sweeney Mr Spencer Ms Lang Mr Turner Mr Jeremy Baker Mr Jay Mr Goss Mrs McGowan Mr Knowles Mr Dove Mr Holgate Mr Kerr Mr Picken Mr Fraser Mr Garnham Mrs Cheema-Grubb Mr Soole Mrs May Mr Morris Mrs Jefford Mr Lavender Mrs O'Farrell Mr Andrew Baker Mr Goose Mr Richard Lane Mr Bryan Mr Martin Spencer Mr Julian Knowles Mrs Yip Mr Nicklin Mr Choudhury Mrs Cockerill Mrs Lambert Mr Butcher Mr Jacobs Mr Waksman Mrs Cutts Mr Swift Mr Pepperall Mr Murray Mrs Farbey Mr Freedman Mrs Thornton Mrs Eady Mr Cavanagh Mrs Foster Mr Griffiths Mr Saini Mr Chamberlain Mrs Steyn Mr Hilliard Mr Henshaw Mrs Tipples Mr Fordham Mr Foxton Mr Linden Mr Wall Mrs Stacey Mr Calver Mr Bourne Mrs Collins Rice Mrs Ellenbogen Mr Ritchie Mr Cotter Mrs Heather Williams Mr Eyre Mr Bennathan Mrs Hill Mr Sweeting

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