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

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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