Timothy Fancourt Explained

Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt (born 30 August 1964), judicially styled as Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 ^[4] sitting at Harrow Crown Court^[5] 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.^[6] In 2021, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Fancourt is a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senior judiciary. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019 . 26 January 2022.
2. Web site: 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 . subscription . 30 September 2022 . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44011. 978-0-19-954088-4 .
3. Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 16 January 2023 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
4. Web site: Crown Office The Gazette . 16 January 2023 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
5. Web site: Bar Welcome Speeches . 30 September 2022 . CHBA.ORG.
6. Web site: CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD Honours and Awards The Gazette . 16 January 2023 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
7. Book: Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings . . 15th . 2018 . 9781847038555 . Timothy Fancourt, Caroline Shea, Catherine Taskis, Emily Windsor, Edward Peters, Jamie Sutherland.