David J. Hayton (b. 1944) is a British barrister and former judge on the Caribbean Court of Justice. He holds an LLB and LLD from Newcastle University, and MA and LLD from the University of Cambridge.[1] From 1973 to 1987 he was a Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge. From 1987 to 2005 he worked in the School of Law, King's College London and was a leading academic, and some time practising English trust lawyer.[2] Having been a judge on the Caribbean Court of Justice from its establishment in 2005, he retired from the court in July 2019.[3]