Masters of the Bench

Full Title: Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 24-07-2001

Call Date: 25-11-1980

Bio:

Education: St John’s College, Southsea 1969-76; Pembroke College, Oxford 1976-79; MA; Astbury Scholar; Ver Hayden de Lancy Prize

Admission: 14 August 1979; Call 25 November 1980; MT Committees: Catering, Estates, Master of the Silver; Junior Counsel to the Crown (Common Law) 1992-96; QC 1998; Assistant Recorder 1998; Recorder 2000-08; Deputy High Court Judge 2008; High Court Judge, QBD 2008; Deputy Chairman, Security Vetting Appeals Panel 2009-; Presiding Judge of the Western Circuit 2011-14, Lord Justice of Appeal July 2017 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales October 2017. 

Publications: Judicial College Guidelines for Damages in Personal Injuries Cases

Recreations: History; Music; Silver; Wine