William Davis (judge)

{{Short description|British High Court judge, born 1954}}

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| name = Lord Justice Davis

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| office = Lord Justice of Appeal

| term_start = 1 October 2021

| office2 = Justice of the High Court

| term_start2 = 1 May 2014

| term_end2 = 30 September 2021

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| alma_mater = Queen Mary University of London

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| monarch = Elizabeth II
Charles III

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Sir William Easthope Davis (born 20 June 1954), styled The Rt Hon Lord Justice William Davis, 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}}

He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester and Queen Mary University of London.‘DAVIS, William Easthope’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1975. He was made a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on 1 May 2014 and promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2021.He was chair of the U.K. Sentencing Council which tried to introduce controversial guidance to judges on sentencing which was blocked by the Lord Chancellor on behalf of the government but then withdrew them when presented with emergency legislation.

He was awarded an honorary degree - the LLD - from [http://www.aston.ac.uk/about/news/releases/2014/july/aston-university-celebrates-graduate-success-2014/ Aston University in 2014], for services to the legal professional and legal education.

He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2021 |title=List of Business |url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-12-15-List-of-Business.pdf}}