The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Peter Donald Fraser Esq QC to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 1 October 2015 on the retirement of Mrs Justice Swift.
Mr Fraser, 52, was called to the Bar (M) in 1989 and took Silk in 2009. He was appointed a Recorder in 2002 and is approved to sit as a deputy High Court Judge. He is a construction expert from Atkin Chambers who I expect will find his way eventually to the TCC/Commercial Court
Meantime Simon J also gets a replacement:
The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Mrs Philippa Jane Edwards Whipple QC to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 1 October 2015 on the elevation of Mr Justice Simon.
Mrs Whipple, 49, was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1994 and took Silk in 2010. She was appointed a Recorder in 2005 and is approved to sit as a deputy High Court Judge. She is public/tax/health law specialist from 1 COR who will probably end up in the Admin Court. She was leading counsel to the Gibson Detainee Inquiry. She also came a cropper when she tried to appear in the Court of Session without advocacy rights.....
