William Blair (judge)
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The Honourable Mr Justice Blair |
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| High Court Judge Queen's Bench Division |
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Assumed office 27 February 2008 |
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| Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
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| Born |
William James Lynton Blair 31 March 1950 Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford Inns of Court School of Law |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Lawyer, professor |
Sir William James Lynton Blair (born 31 March 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Blair, is a British judge. He was previously a Queen's Counsel, specialising in domestic and international banking and finance law. His younger brother is the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Blair was born in Scotland to Leo Charles Lynton Blair, a barrister and later a lecturer in law, and Hazel Corscadden.
Like his brother Tony, the future Prime Minister, he was educated at the independent Choristers School in Durham and Fettes College in Edinburgh, before studying Jurisprudence (Law) at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).
Blair was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1972.
Blair took Silk in 1994 and was appointed a Recorder in 1998. He became a Deputy High Court Judge in 2003 and was in the same year admitted as a Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Territory of the Virgin Islands.
On 4 February 2008 it was announced that the Queen had approved his appointment as a High Court Judge, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He was sworn in on 28 February. In 2016 he became Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court.
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