Malcolm Pill
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Sir Malcolm Thomas Pill is the longest-serving Lord Justice of Appeal
, and the most senior member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
who does not head a division of that court or of the High Court.
Pill was born 11 March 1938 was educated at Whitchurch Grammar School
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1962, and was a Recorder from 1976 to 1987. He became a queen's counsel
in 1978, and was appointed a High Court
Judge (Queen's Bench Division) and awarded a knighthood in 1988, and served until 1995. From 1989 to 1993, as Mr Justice Pill, he was Presiding Judge, Wales and Chester Circuit.
He became Lord Justice of Appeal in 1995, and was given the customary Privy Council appointment. Notable judgements have included the Stephen Downing case second appeal.
Lord Justice of Appeal
A Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
, and the most senior member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales
Court of Appeal of England and Wales
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales is the second most senior court in the English legal system, with only the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom above it...
who does not head a division of that court or of the High Court.
Pill was born 11 March 1938 was educated at Whitchurch Grammar School
Whitchurch High School
Whitchurch High School is a large, co-educational, comprehensive secondary school in the suburb of Whitchurch in Cardiff, Wales. It is considered to be one of the better secondary schools in Cardiff, and was described in its 2009 Estyn report as a 'good school' which is 'moving forward from...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He was called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) in 1962, and was a Recorder from 1976 to 1987. He became a queen's counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in 1978, and was appointed a High Court
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
Judge (Queen's Bench Division) and awarded a knighthood in 1988, and served until 1995. From 1989 to 1993, as Mr Justice Pill, he was Presiding Judge, Wales and Chester Circuit.
He became Lord Justice of Appeal in 1995, and was given the customary Privy Council appointment. Notable judgements have included the Stephen Downing case second appeal.