John Thomas (judge)
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The Right Honourable The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd PC QC |
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| Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2013 |
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| Nominated by | Chris Grayling |
| Appointed by | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Judge |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ian Burnett (Designate, taking office on 2 October 2017) |
| President of the Queen's Bench Division | |
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In office 3 October 2011 – 1 October 2013 |
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| Deputy | Dame Heather Hallett |
| Preceded by | Sir Anthony May |
| Succeeded by | Sir Brian Leveson |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
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In office 14 July 2003 – 3 October 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
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22 October 1947 Wales, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge, University of Chicago |
Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, PC, QC (born 22 October 1947) is the current Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He is to retire on 1 October 2017 and will be succeeded by Sir Ian Burnett.
Thomas was born in 1947 to Roger Edward Laugharne Thomas and his wife Dinah Agnes Thomas, of Cwmgiedd.
Thomas was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in Law in 1966. He was elected a Fellow of Trinity Hall in 2004. He proceeded to the University of Chicago where he earned a J.D. degree and was a Commonwealth Fellow.
Thomas was an assistant teacher at Mayo College, Ajmer, India, from 1965–66.
Thomas was called to the Bar in 1969 (Gray's Inn). He became a Queen's Counsel in 1984 and was appointed a Recorder in 1987. He practised as a member of the commercial chambers at 4 Essex Court in the Temple, which in 1994 moved to Lincoln's Inn Fields and has since then been known as Essex Court Chambers.
He was the Department of Trade and Industry Inspector into Mirror Group Newspapers plc in 1992.
On 11 January 1996, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, serving on the Commercial Court until his appointment to the Court of Appeal. On 14 July 2003, Thomas became a Lord Justice of Appeal and given the customary appointment to the Privy Council later that year. He served as the Senior Presiding Judge from 2003 to 2006, and President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary from 2008 to 2010.
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