David Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell

David Anthony Stewart Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell, PC (born 9 June 1951) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

The Right Honourable
Lord Richards of Camberwell
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Assumed office
3 October 2022
Nominated byDominic Raab
Appointed byElizabeth II
Preceded byLady Arden of Heswall
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
2015–2021
MonarchElizabeth II
Personal details
Born (1951-06-10) 10 June 1951
EducationOundle School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Biography

The son of Kenneth Richards, MBE and Winifred Richards, he was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1973; MA 1980).[1]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1974. He was made a QC in 1992 and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2003. He was appointed as a chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2014.

He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal on 16 November 2015. He retired on reaching the then applicable retirement age of 70 in June 2021.[2]

On 17 August 2022, it was announced that Richards had been appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[3] Lord Richards was sworn in on 3 October 2022, when it was announced that he would take the judicial title Lord Richards of Camberwell.[4][5]

References
  1. ‘RICHARDS, Hon. Sir David (Anthony Stewart)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice David Richards
  3. "New appointments to the UK Supreme Court and JCPC". www.gov.uk. HM Government. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. "Lord Richards Swearing in Ceremony". YouTube.
  5. "Biographies of the Justices - the Supreme Court".


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