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Sir David Calvert-Smith

David Calvert-Smith

Full Title: Sir David Calvert-Smith

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 14-03-1994

Call Date: 25-11-1969

Bio:

Education: Worple Road Primary School 1949-53; Summerfields, Oxford 1953-58; Eton College 1958-63; King’s College, Cambridge 1964-68; MA; Colombo Prize (MT)

Admission: 1 September 1967; Call 25 November 1969; MT Committees: Education; Assistant Recorder 1981; Recorder 1986-98; Junior Treasury Counsel 1986; Senior Treasury Counsel 1991; First Senior Treasury Counsel 1995-97; QC 1997; DPP 1998-2003; Knighted 2002; High Court Judge, QBD 2005-12; Chairman of the Parole Board 2012; Judge of Court of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey 2012

Recreations: Singing; Squash

Clubs: RAC