Patrick Garland (judge)

Sir Patrick Neville Garland (22 July 1929 – 6 August 2023) was a British barrister and judge. He was a judge of the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) from 1985 to 2002.[1][2]

Educated at Uppingham School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Garland was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1953. In 1972, he was appointed a recorder[3] and a Queen's Counsel.[4] He was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 14 October 1985 and received the customary knighthood on 19 February 1986.[5][6] He was appointed a Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit in 1990.[7] He retired on 14 October 2002.[8]

Garland was an honorary fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and a member of the Free Speech Union's legal advisory council.[9][10]

Sir Patrick Garland died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 94.[11]

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  3. "No. 45540". The London Gazette. 9 December 1971. p. 13475.
  4. "No. 45644". The London Gazette. 13 April 1972. p. 4378.
  5. "No. 50290". The London Gazette. 17 October 1985. p. 14415.
  6. "No. 50447". The London Gazette. 4 March 1986. p. 3095.
  7. "Appointment of Presiding Judges". Justice of the Peace. 153 (33): 525. 19 August 1989.
  8. "Retirements". Justice of the Peace. 166 (40): 777. 5 October 2002.
  9. "Who We Are". Free Speech Union.
  10. Young, Toby (29 February 2020). "How far should we go to defend free speech?". The Spectator.
  11. "Sir Patrick N. Garland". The Telegraph. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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