Michael Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne

He was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Michael Briggs was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1978 and was the Junior Counsel to Crown Chancery from 1990-94. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1994. He was made a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 2001,[4] and was appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster on 24 July of that year.[5] He held the post until shortly after his appointment to the High Court.[6]

On 3 July 2006, he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court,[7] receiving the customary knighthood and being assigned to the Chancery Division. From 2012 to 2013, Mr Justice Briggs was Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster, a Chancery judge appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in consultation with the Lord Chancellor to supervise Chancery business and hear cases in the North and North East.

On 9 April 2013, Briggs was an appointed Lord Justice of Appeal[8] and consequently appointed to the Privy Council.

It was announced on 21 July 2017 that Lord Justice Briggs would become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. He took office as a Supreme Court Justice on 2 October 2017,[1] taking the judicial courtesy title of Lord Briggs of Westbourne.[9]

Lord Justice Briggs was appointed as the Judge in charge of the Chancery Modernisation Review in 2013.[10] The report was finally published in July 2016, and came to be referred to as the Briggs report.[11] Part of those recommendations included proposals for a new online court to try and create a more affordable dispute resolution procedure.[12]

Lord Briggs arrives at the meeting of the Privy Council on 10 September 2022

Notable decisions of Lord Briggs include: