Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Honourable |
Lord Justice Davis | |
Office: | Lord Justice of Appeal |
Term Start: | 1 October 2021 |
Office2: | Justice of the High Court |
Term Start2: | 1 May 2014 |
Term End2: | 30 September 2021 |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1954 |
Alma Mater: | Queen Mary University of London |
Sir William Easthope Davis (born 20 June 1954), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Davis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[1]
He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester and Queen Mary University of London.[2]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1975. He was made a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on 1 May 2014 and promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2021.
He was awarded an honorary degree - the LLD - from Aston University in 2014, for services to the legal professional and legal education.
He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.[3]