Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge.[1]
Sir Peter Roth | |
|---|---|
 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) |
Education
editEducated 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]
Career
editRoth 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]
Personal life
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mr Justice Peter Roth". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Roth, Hon. Sir Peter Marcel, (born 19 December 1952), a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 2009; President, Competition Appeal Tribunal, 2013–21". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U33253. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Peter Roth QC Appointed High Court Judge". Monckton Chambers. 15 September 2009.
- ^ "Masters of the Bench: The Honourable Mr Justice Roth". middletemple.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Crown Gazette" (PDF). thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Appointment of President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal". judiciary.gov.uk. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Visiting practitioners & professors". kcl.ac.uk. The Dickson Poon School of Law. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ O'Mahony, Tristan Kirk, Daniel (30 March 2017). "High Court judge's knighthood medal 'stolen in burglary at £5m home'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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