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George Leggatt, Baron Leggatt

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George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt, Baron Leggatt, born 12 November 1957, is a British judge who has served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since 21 April 2020, succeeding Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill. Called to the bar in 1983 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997, he built an extensive commercial law practice at Brick Court Chambers specializing in banking, insurance and product liability before serving as a High Court judge from 2012 and a Lord Justice of Appeal from February 2018; his judicial work has shaped English contract law doctrine, particularly on the duty of good faith.

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Source Central Intelligence Agency: United Kingdom, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)

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Source The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: UK Supreme Court: Lord Leggatt
Additional Source List of judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)Judges listed in the article: George Leggatt
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1. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: UK Supreme Court: Lord Leggatt
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
  • Office held
    George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt became a Justice of the Supreme Court in April 2020.
  • Career
    He practised as a barrister from those chambers until 2012, specialising mainly in commercial cases.
  • Member Of: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Biography
    George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt became a Justice of the Supreme Court in April 2020.
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List of judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Wikipedia)
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Central Intelligence Agency: United Kingdom, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIn Legal System: Common Law, Government: Legal system
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common law system; has nonbinding judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of 1998
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