Nicholas Green (judge)

{{short description|British judge}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = Sir Nicholas Green

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| office = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 2018

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| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III

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| office2 = Justice of the High Court

| term_start2 = 2013

| term_end2 = 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|15|df=y}}

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| birthname = Nicholas Nigel Green

| nationality = British

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| alma_mater = University of Leicester
University of Toronto
University of Southampton

| occupation = Court of Appeal judge

| profession = Judge

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Sir Nicholas Nigel Green (born 15 October 1958) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.{{cite web|title=Senior judiciary|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list/|website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary|accessdate=19 October 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/biographies-of-the-7-newly-appointed-court-of-appeal-judges-2018/|title=Biographies of the 7 newly appointed Court of Appeal Judges 2018|website=www.judiciary.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-13}} He also served as the Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales between 2018 and 2023. He was appointed Deputy Senior Presiding Judge with effect from January 2024.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-16 |title=Appointment of new Leadership Judges |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/appointment-of-new-leadership-judges/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Courts and Tribunals Judiciary |language=en-US}}

He was educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, the University of Leicester (LLB, 1980), the University of Toronto (LLM, 1981) and the University of Southampton (PhD, 1985).‘GREEN, Hon. Sir Nicholas Nigel’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) in 2013, and was then awarded the customary knighthood in the 2014 Special Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=60791 |page=3889 |date=25 February 2014}} In 2018, he was appointed as the Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales, promoted to the Court of Appeal and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/about/who-we-are/|title=Who we are {{!}} Law Commission|work=Law Commission |access-date=26 August 2023}}