Lord Justice Snowden has been appointed to the Supreme Court.
Snowden was called to the bar in 1986 and appointed silk in 2003. His judicial career began in 2006 with his appointment as a Recorder of the Crown court. He became a deputy High Court judge in 2008 and a High Court judge of the Chancery Division in 2015.
He served as vice-chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster and Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the Northern and North-Eastern Circuits from 2019. Two years later, in 2021, Snowden was promoted to the Court of Appeal.
The judge said he was ‘deeply honoured’ to have been appointed adding: ‘I look forward to serving in that role and to working together with the other justices of the Supreme Court and members of the judicial committee of the Privy Council.’
Outgoing Supreme Court president Lord Reed said: ‘The experience and expertise which he brings to the court, particularly in the areas of company law and corporate insolvency, will maintain its ability to address the most difficult and important legal problems arising in the United Kingdom and also many countries around the world whose final court of appeal is the judicial committee of the Privy Council.’
Outside the judiciary, Snowden was a rugby union referee for 30 years.
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