Sir Peter Roth | |
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![]() Roth in 2015 | |
Justice of the High Court | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
Competition Appeal Tribunal
President | |
In office 2013–2021 | |
Monarchs |
Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Marcel Roth 19 December 1952 |
Alma mater |
New College, Oxford (
BA) University of Pennsylvania ( LLM) |
Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge. [1]
Educated at St Paul's School, London, Roth read history at New College, Oxford, and obtained the degree of LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977. [2]
Roth was a member of Monckton Chambers, a set of barristers' chambers specialising in commercial and competition law, located in Gray's Inn and founded by Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. [3] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1977 and elected a Bencher in 2008. [4] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997, [5] a deputy judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2009. [1]
He received his customary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in February 2010. [6]
In 2013, Roth was appointed President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He retired from the position in 2021. [7] [2]
He was a visiting professor at King's College London from 2003 to 2009. [8]
In 2010, Roth married Tessa Margaret Buchanan. He has one daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter. [2]
On New Year's Day 2017, Roth's Knight Bachelor and insignia medal were stolen from his home in Primrose Hill. The burglar also stole a family heirloom, bank cards, car keys and jewellery. A man was arrested but later acquitted at trial due to lack of evidence. The items, including the original insignia medal, have never been recovered. [9]
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Sir Peter Roth | |
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![]() Roth in 2015 | |
Justice of the High Court | |
Assumed office 2009 | |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
Competition Appeal Tribunal
President | |
In office 2013–2021 | |
Monarchs |
Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Marcel Roth 19 December 1952 |
Alma mater |
New College, Oxford (
BA) University of Pennsylvania ( LLM) |
Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge. [1]
Educated at St Paul's School, London, Roth read history at New College, Oxford, and obtained the degree of LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977. [2]
Roth was a member of Monckton Chambers, a set of barristers' chambers specialising in commercial and competition law, located in Gray's Inn and founded by Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. [3] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1977 and elected a Bencher in 2008. [4] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997, [5] a deputy judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2009. [1]
He received his customary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in February 2010. [6]
In 2013, Roth was appointed President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He retired from the position in 2021. [7] [2]
He was a visiting professor at King's College London from 2003 to 2009. [8]
In 2010, Roth married Tessa Margaret Buchanan. He has one daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter. [2]
On New Year's Day 2017, Roth's Knight Bachelor and insignia medal were stolen from his home in Primrose Hill. The burglar also stole a family heirloom, bank cards, car keys and jewellery. A man was arrested but later acquitted at trial due to lack of evidence. The items, including the original insignia medal, have never been recovered. [9]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)