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Nominated Court Judges

Published 2022-07-01Last updated 2026-10-01

Nominated judges of the Commercial Court and of the Admiralty Court:

Lady Justice Cockerill DBE
Mr Justice Andrew Baker
Mr Justice Bryan
Mr Justice Butcher
Mr Justice Neil Calver
Mr Justice Foxton
Mr Justice Henshaw (Judge in Charge)
Mr Justice Jacobs
Mr Justice Robin Knowles
Mr Justice Picken
Mr Justice Waksman

Judges of the Commercial Court

Judges of the Admiralty Court

Nominated judges of the Patents Court:


Mrs Justice Bacon DBE
Mrs Justice Falk DBE
Mr Justice Fancourt
Sir Colin Birss, President of the Business and Property Division
Sir Anthony Mann (Sitting in Retirement)
Mr Justice Mellor
Mr Justice Meade (Judge in Charge)
Mr Justice Roth
Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE
Mr Justice Marcus Smith
Lord Justice Zacaroli

Judges who sit in the Patents Court

Judges nominated to hear cases in the Technology and Construction Court:

Mr Justice Choudhury
Lady Justice Cockerill DBE
Mr Justice Eyre
Mr Justice Kerr
Mr Justice Fraser
Mrs Justice Jefford DBE
Mrs Justice O’Farrell DBE (Judge in Charge)
Mr Justice Pepperall
Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE
Mr Justice Waksman

Judges in the Technology and Construction Court

Nominated judges of the Financial List are as follows:

From the Commercial Court:

The Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court:  Mr Justice Henshaw

Mr Justice Andrew Baker
Mr Justice Bryan
Mr Justice Butcher
Mr Justice Robin Knowles

Judges of the Commercial Court

From the Business and Property Division:

Sir Colin Birss, President of the Business and Property Division
Mr Justice Hildyard
Mr Justice Tom Leech
Mr Justice Marcus Smith
Mr Justice Trower

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