Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Nationality: | British |
Birth Place: | Singapore |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1966 |
Mr Justice Peel | |
Term Start: | 01 October 2020 |
Office: | High Court Judge Family Division |
Caption: | Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom |
Alma Mater: | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Sir Robert Roger Peel (born 29 January 1966)[1] is a British High Court judge. He is National Lead Judge of the Financial Remedies Court, the court which deals with assets on divorce.
Peel was born in Singapore and spent a portion of his childhood in Africa, being educated at private schools in England. He studied at Brasenose College, Oxford where he completed a BA in modern languages, studying French and Spanish. He then completed a diploma in law at City University London.[2]
He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1990. He took silk in 2010, was appointed a recorder in 2011 and a deputy High Court judge in 2016.
On 1 October 2020, Peel was appointed a judge of the High Court, replacing Dame Judith Parker who retired, and he was assigned to the Family Division.[3] [4] He received the customary knighthood in the same year.
In 1993, he married Victoria Williams and together they have two sons and a daughter.