The Rt Hon Sir Robin Auld

Career: called to the Bar Gray's Inn 1959, QC 1975, recorder of the Crown Court 1977-87, bencher 1984, judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Div) 1987-95, memb Judicial Studies Bd 1989-91 (chm Criminal Ctee 1989-91), presiding judge Western Circuit 1991-94, a Lord Justice of Appeal 1995-2007, sr presiding judge for Eng and Wales 1995-98, vice-chm Judicial Appts Cmmn 1996-, a Justice of the Bermuda Court of Appeal 2008-, pres Solomon Islands Court of Appeal; arbitrator; admitted New York State Bar 1984, admitted NSW Australia Bar 1985; memb Cmmn of Inquiry into Casino Gambling in the Bahamas 1967, chm William Tyndale Schs' Inquiry 1975-76, Dept of Trade inspr Ashbourne Investments Ltd 1975-79, legal assessor to Gen Med and Dental Cncls 1982-87, chm Home Office Ctee of Inquiry into Sunday Trading 1983-84, counsel UK in Australia Royal Cmmn of Inquiry into Br Nuclear Tests in Australia 1984-85, conducted Criminal Courts Review 1999-2001, cmmr Inquiry into Governmental Corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands 2008-09; sr research scholar Yale Law Sch 2001, visiting prof of law KCL 2008-, Arthur Goodhart prof of legal science Univ of Cambridge 2009-10; memb Univ of Oxford Appeal Ct 2009-; fell Selwyn and Wolfson Colls Cambridge 2009-10; Master Worshipful Co of Woolmen 1984-85; Hon LLD Univ of Herts 2002