Timothy Holroyde
British judge
Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde, PC (born 18 August 1955), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Holroyde, is an English Court of Appeal judge, formerly a judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in October 2017. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2017. In 2015, he was appointed a member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, and served as its Chairman between 2018 and 2022. In June 2022, he was appointed Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), succeeding Lord Justice Fulford. He has also been a Bencher of the Middle Temple since March 2005.
Education
Timothy Holroyde was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he attained a Bachelors in Jurisprudence. He was called to the Bar in November 1977 (Middle Temple).
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