Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Mr Justice Michael Green | |
Office: | High Court Judge Chancery Division |
Term Start: | 02 November 2020 |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1964 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Nationality: | British |
Alma Mater: | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Sir Michael Anthony Green styled Mr Justice Michael Green (born 23 October 1964[1]) is a British High Court judge.
Green was born in London, England and educated at University College School. He then attended Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in law in 1986.[2] [3]
In 1991, he married Giselle Finlay and together they have a son and two daughters.
He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987 and practised commercial and company law from Fountain Court chambers.[4] He took silk in 2009, was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2018. In 2019, he was a judge on the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands. In 2008, he was a member of the monitoring board at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs.[5]
On 2 November 2020, Green was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Chancery Division.[6] He received the customary knighthood in the same year.