Anthony May (judge)
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Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May (9 September 1940 – 30 December 2024) was a British judge who served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division.
Life and career
May was born on 9 September 1940. He was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford.‘MAY, Rt Hon. Sir Anthony (Tristram Kenneth)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
On 1 October 2008, he succeeded Sir Igor Judge as President of the Queen's Bench Division. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1967, became a Queen's Counsel in 1979, and a Recorder in 1985. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division in 1991, receiving the customary knighthood. In 1997, May was appointed to the Court of Appeal.
May was Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division from 2002 to 2008, when he was appointed President of the Queen's Bench Division, when the previous president, Sir Igor Judge, became Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.[http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16744 Downing Street biographical note on Lord Justice May] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126002533/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16744 |date=26 November 2008 }} He was sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1998.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} May retired from the Queen's Bench Division in July 2011, and was succeeded as its president by Sir John Thomas.{{Cite web|title=Senior Judicial Appointments |date=8 June 2011 |publisher=UK Prime Minister's Office |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/senior-judicial-appointments--8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117011015/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/senior-judicial-appointments--8 |archive-date=17 January 2017 |url-status=live }}
In October 2012, Downing Street announced May would become the Interception of Communications Commissioner beginning on 1 January 2013.{{Cite web|title=Appointment of an Interception of Communications Commissioner announced |date=22 October 2012 |publisher=UK Prime Minister's Office |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/interception-of-communications-commissioner--2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009034739/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/interception-of-communications-commissioner--2 |archive-date=9 October 2015 |url-status=live }} In July 2014 he was involved in a serious accident. As a consequence, the former Interception of Communications Commissioner, Sir Paul Kennedy, was re-instated as Interim Commissioner by the Prime Minister.{{Cite web |author=Cavan, Joanna |title=Announcement |date=29 July 2014 |publisher=Interception of Communications Commissioner’s Office (IOCCO) |url=http://www.iocco-uk.info/docs/IOCCO%20Announcement%20Sir%20Anthony%20May%2029th%20July%202014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216073927/http://iocco-uk.info/docs/IOCCO%20Announcement%20Sir%20Anthony%20May%2029th%20July%202014.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=12 April 2015 }} May resumed the commissioner duties on 1 January 2015,{{Cite web |title=Statement by The Rt Hon. Sir Anthony May, Interception of Communications Commissioner |date=20 January 2015 |publisher=IOCCO |url=http://www.iocco-uk.info/docs/Sir%20Anthony%20May%20Statement%201st%20January%202015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024040916/http://www.iocco-uk.info/docs/Sir%20Anthony%20May%20Statement%201st%20January%202015.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2017 }} and resigned effective 31 July 2015, six months prior to the end of his three-year term.{{Cite web|title=Statement by The Rt Hon. Sir Anthony May, Interception of Communications Commissioner |date=29 May 2015 |publisher=IOCCO |url=http://www.iocco-uk.info/docs/Sir%20Anthony%20May%20-%20Press%20Statement%2029th%20May%202015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024095343/http://www.iocco-uk.info/docs/Sir%20Anthony%20May%20-%20Press%20Statement%2029th%20May%202015.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2015 |url-status=live }} He was succeeded as commissioner by Sir Stanley Burnton.{{Cite web|title=Sir Stanley Burnton appointed Interception of Communications Commissioner |publisher=Prime Minister's Office |date=4 November 2015 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sir-stanley-burnton-appointed-interception-of-communications-commissioner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311012754/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sir-stanley-burnton-appointed-interception-of-communications-commissioner |archive-date=11 March 2016 |url-status=live }}
May died on 30 December 2024, at the age of 84.{{cite news |title=Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/may-notices_60399 |access-date=11 January 2025 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=7 January 2025}}
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