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Sir Michael Astill KT

Full Title: Sir Michael Astill KT
Category: Senior Benchers
Bench Call Date: 22.7.1996
Call Date: 2.5.1972
Bio:

Education: Blackfriars School, Laxton, Northants

Admission: as solicitor 1962; Call 2 May 1972; Recorder 1980-84; Circuit Judge 1984-96;  President, MHRT 1986-96; Member, JSB 1995-99; High Court Judge, QBD 1996-; Knighted 1996; Presiding Judge, Midland & Oxford Circuit 1999-2000

Recreations: Music; Reading; Sport