| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Mr Justice Jacobs | |
| Office: | High Court Judge King's Bench Division |
| Term Start: | 25 June 2018 |
| Birth Date: | 21 December 1956 |
| Birth Place: | United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Sir Richard David Jacobs (born 21 December 1956)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Jacobs was educated at Highgate School. He studied law at Pembroke College, Cambridge and graduated with a first-class degree.
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1979 and practised from Essex Court Chambers, specialising in commercial law; he was co-head of chambers from 2013 to 2017. While in practice, he also sat as an arbitrator.[2]
He took silk in 1998 and served as a recorder from 2002 to 2018. In 2003, he was visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. In addition to practice, he co-authored Liability Insurance in International Arbitration: the Bermuda form in 2004 which was taken into a second edition in 2011.[3]
On 25 June 2018, he was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[4] He received the customary knighthood in the same year. Jacobs sits on the Commercial Court.
In 1990, he married Pamela Fine, with whom he has one son and two daughters.