Mr Justice Fancourt | |
|---|---|
 Fancourt in 2019 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1964 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Judge |
Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt (born 30 August 1964), judicially styled as Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.[1]
Personal life and education
Fancourt was born on 30 August 1964 and attended Whitgift School in Croydon. He studied law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2] He has returned to Caius to preside over College moot trial competitions.
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. He initially became a tenant of London chambers at 11 Kings Bench Walk, latterly Falcon Chambers. As a barrister he specialised in real property and landlord and tenant law.[4][5] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003.[6]
In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 [7] sitting at 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 the customary knighthood in May 2019.[8] In 2021, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Fancourt is a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. 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. 19 July 2019. 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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