John Dyson (judge)

John Anthony Dyson, Lord Dyson , Kt , MR , PC , QC (born July 31, 1943 in Leeds ) is a British lawyer and was Master of the Rolls from October 1, 2012 to October 3, 2016 .

Education and family

Dyson was born to Richard and Gisella Dyson. He attended Leeds Grammar School and studied at Wadham College of Oxford University Classical Studies . He has been an honorary member there since 2001. He has been married to Jacqueline Carmel Levy since 1970, with whom he has two children.

Professional background

Activity as a barrister

In 1968 Dyson was admitted to the Middle Temple bar . He first worked as a barrister in a well-known law firm. In the year of his admission, he was allowed to work on cases before the House of Lords . In the following years he specialized in cases of private international law and appeared several times as a barrister in the House of Lords. In 1982 Elisabeth II appointed him crown attorney. In 1986 he moved to 39 Essex Street Chambers , a well-known barristers firm in London, which he took over.

Activity as a judge

His first judge was Dyson in 1986. On March 30, 1993, he was appointed Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice for England and Wales and was beaten with a Knight Bachelor's degree . In 1998 he was promoted to presiding judge of a chamber of the court specializing in construction law .

On January 11, 2001, Dyson was appointed a judge on the Court of Appeal . At the same time he became a member of the Privy Council .

From 2003 he held the position of Deputy Master of the Rolls. After Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony , announced his retirement as Master of the Rolls in 2009, Dyson, contrary to all expectations, did not succeed him in office. Rather, on April 12, 2010, he took up the post of Justice at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom . His appointment was the first time since the Court began its work in 2009 that all twelve judicial posts were filled.

With effect from October 1, 2012, Dyson was finally named Master of the Rolls and in the course of this gave up his office as judge at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, after the previous Master of the Rolls, David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury , as the new President was changed at the same time. He held this office until October 3, 2016.

particularities

Dyson was the first Supreme Court Justice of the United Kingdom to be granted the courtesy title of Lord (Dyson) for life upon entry into the judiciary under a royal decree in 2011 , without being a peer member of the nobility.

Web links

• Biography on the Supreme Court website (English, with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Good lord! John starts new Supreme Court job - at 67 . Jewish Telegraph. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
2. ↑ Blog post about Dyson on ukscblog.com
3. ↑ Message about John Dyson on the homepage of the Keating Chambers ( memento of the original from February 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 53265, HMSO, London, April 2, 1993, p. 5975 ( PDF , English).
5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 56092, HMSO, London, 16 January 2001, p. 535 ( PDF , English).
6. ^ Orders for March 14, 2001 (PDF; 53 kB) Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 14, 2013. 
7. ^ New Master of the Rolls . In: Standpoint . July 5, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 59394, HMSO, London, April 19, 2010, p. 6839 ( PDF , English).
9. ↑ Appointment of the Master of the Rolls . In: 10 Downing Street News Release , August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2012. 
10. ↑ London Gazette . No. 59746, HMSO, London, April 1, 2011, pp. 6177-6178 ( PDF , English).