Brian Langstaff

Sir Brian Frederick James Langstaff (born 30 April 1948), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Langstaff, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

The Hon. Mr Justice Langstaff
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High Court Judge
In office
2005–01/05/2018
Personal details
Born (1948-04-30) 30 April 1948[1]
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge

He was educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, and then at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1971 and became a bencher there in 2001. He was made a QC in 1994, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2005.[3]

In February 2018 it was announced that, having retired from the bench in May 2018, he would be the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry which became officially established on 2 July 2018.[4]

References
  1. "Retired Senior Judiciary under 75". judiciary.uk. Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ‘LANGSTAFF, Hon. Sir Brian (Frederick James)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  3. Whitaker's Almanack 2012. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2011. p. 318. ISBN 9781408130124. Retrieved 18 September 2021. Law Courts and Offices: Hon. Sir Brian Langstaff, born 1948, apptd 2005.
  4. "Infected Blood Inquiry - Biography of the Chair, Sir Brian Langstaff". Infected Blood Inquiry.


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