Sir Peter John Cresswell, DL (born 24 April 1944) is an English former High Court judge,[1] and currently a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.[2]
Cresswell was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead before studying law at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, gaining an MA and LLB.[3] He was then called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1966.[4] Cresswell was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983[4] before being appointed a High Court Judge in 1991 where he was assigned to the Queens' Bench Division.[1] From 1993-94 he was the judge in charge of the commercial court.[4] Between 1993 and 1996 Creswell presided over the Lloyds litigation, the largest piece of civil litigation in the UK.[2]
Cresswell retired from the High Court in 2008[1] and since 2009 has been a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.[5]
In November 2014 he was made a Companion of The Academy of Experts.[6]
He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and a Bencher of Gray's Inn.
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- ^ a b c "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England and Wales. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Biographies of the Justices". Qatar International Court. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Burke's Peerage - The Official Website". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Sir Peter Cresswell". 3 Verulam Buildings. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Sir Peter Cresswell, DL". Cayman Islands Judicial and Legal Information Website.
- ^ "Contributions to the Expert Witness & Legal Professions Recognised - The Academy of Experts". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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