Alastair Norris Explained

Sir Alastair Norris
Office:	Justice of the High Court
Term Start:	2007
Office2:	Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster
Birth Date:	17 December 1950
Nationality:	British
Residence:	Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK
Alma Mater:	St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation:	Judge
Profession:	legal

Sir Alastair Hubert Norris (born 17 December 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Norris, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.^[1]

He was educated at Pate's Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.^[2]

He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1973. He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) since 2007. In 2018 he was knighted and granted a coat of arms by letters patent.^[3]

Blazon

• Arms: Sable on a Chevron Or between three Fleeces Argent three Millrinds Sable on a Chief Argent three Roses Gules.
• Crest: Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent and Sable An Oystercatcher proper holding in the dexter foot a sinister Hand appaumy couped at the wrist Gules.
• Badge: Standing on a Capstan Sable an Eagle displayed Or.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senior judiciary. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 October 2014.
2. ‘NORRIS, Hon. Sir Alastair Hubert’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
3. A grant of Arms, Crest and Badge was made to Sir Alastair Hubert NORRIS of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, knight, by Letters Patent of Garter and Clarenceux Kings of Arms dated 3 September 2018. College reference: Grants 181, 223. College of Arms, 130 Queen Victoria Street, London, London EC4V 4BT, United Kingdom. http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk