Duncan Ouseley
British judge
Sir Duncan Brian Walter Ouseley (born 24 February 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Ouseley, is a retired High Court judge in England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division. He is notable for involvement in many legal cases reported in law reports and the British press.
Early life
The only son of Maurice Henry Ouseley and his wife Margaret Helen Irene Vagts, the young Ouseley was educated at Trinity School of John Whitgift, Croydon, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1971, and then at University College London, where he gained the degree of LLM. He was awarded the Oxford MA by seniority in 1975.
Career
Ouseley was called to the Bar in 1973, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1992. He was appointed a Recorder in 1994 and a Bencher in 2000.
In 1992, as a Queen's Counsel, Ouseley represented the Chief Adjudication Officer for Social Security Administration.
In 2000, Ouseley was appointed as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division and was knighted, remaining in office until he retired in May 2019. He was Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeal Commission from 2003 to 2006 and President of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal from 2003 to 2005. He was Lead Judge of the Administrative Court from 2010 to 2015.
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