Nigel Davis
{{Short description|British judge (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = Sir Nigel Davis
| image = Nigel Davis.JPG
| caption = In procession in ceremonial dress at Llandaff Cathedral in 2013
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Lord Justice of Appeal
| term_start = 4 October 2011
| term_end = 10 March 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|3|10|df=y}}
| office1 = Justice of the High Court
| termstart1 = 2001
| termend1 = 2011
}}
For the American professional basketball player, see Nigel Hayes-Davis.
Sir Nigel Anthony Lamert Davis, PC (born 10 March 1951){{cite web |last1=HM |first1=Judiciary |title=Senior Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628184318/https://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list/ |archive-date=28 June 2018}} is a former Lord Justice of Appeal.
Education
Davis was educated at Charterhouse School and University College, Oxford.
Career
Davis was called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1975. In 1992, he became a Queen's Counsel. He was appointed a Recorder in 1998. The next year, he was named a Deputy High Court Judge. Davis was appointed to the High Court of Justice on 1 October 2001 and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division; he was knighted the same year. He served as a Presiding Judge for the Wales Circuit from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal effective 4 October 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/appointment-of-lords-justices-of-appeal/ |title=Press Notice: Appointment of Lords Justices of Appeal |publisher=number10.gov.uk |date=30 June 2011 |accessdate=30 June 2011}} and it was announced he would receive the customary appointment to the Privy Council.{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/privy-council-appointments-7/ |title=Privy Council appointments |date=3 November 2011 |publisher=number10.gov.uk}} He retired as Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from 10 March 2021
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Category:People educated at Charterhouse School
Category:Alumni of University College, Oxford
Category:Queen's Bench Division judges
Category:Lord justices of appeal
Category:21st-century Welsh judges
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