| The HonourableMr Justice Fancourt | |
|---|---|
 Fancourt in 2019 | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-08-30) 30 August 1964 (age 60) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Judge |
Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt (born 30 August 1964), judicially styled as Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.
Personal life and education
Fancourt was born on 30 August 1964 and attended Whitgift School in Croydon. He studied law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He has returned to Caius to preside over College moot trial competitions.
Career
He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003.
In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 sitting at Harrow Crown Court until 2017. In 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Chancery Bar Association.
He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2013 and as a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in 2017. He received the customary knighthood in May 2019. In 2021, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Fancourt is a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.
References
- ^ "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Fancourt, Hon. Sir Timothy Miles, (born 30 Aug. 1964), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2018; President, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44011. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- "Bar Welcome Speeches". CHBA.ORG. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- Timothy Fancourt, Caroline Shea, Catherine Taskis, Emily Windsor, Edward Peters, Jamie Sutherland (2018). Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings (15th ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9781847038555.
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