Hon. Timothy Fancourt

The Honourable
Mr Justice Fancourt
Fancourt in 2019
Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born 30 August 1964 (age 59)
Nationality British
Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Profession Judge
Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt (born 30 August 1964), judicially styled as Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.[1]
Personal life and education[edit]
Fancourt was born on the 30th of August 1964 and attended Whitgift School in Croydon. He studied law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2]
He married Emily Windsor in 2000, with whom he has a daughter.[2][3]
Career[edit]
He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987. He initially became a tenant of London chambers at 11 Kings Bench Walk, latterly Falcon Chambers. As a barrister he specialised in real property and landlord and tenant law.[4][5] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003.[6]
In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 [7]sitting at Harrow Crown Court[3] until 2017.[2] In 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Chancery Bar Association.[2]
He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2013 and as a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in 2017.[1] He received the customary knighthood in May 2019.[8]
Fancourt is a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.[9]
References[edit]
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a b "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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a b c d "Fancourt, Hon. Sir Timothy Miles, (born 30 Aug. 1964), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2018; President, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44011. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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a b "Bar Welcome Speeches". CHBA.ORG. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Falcon Chambers - Barristers". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Mr Justice Fancourt". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ Timothy Fancourt, Caroline Shea, Catherine Taskis, Emily Windsor, Edward Peters, Jamie Sutherland (2018). Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings (15th ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9781847038555.
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Chancery Division Judges of England & Wales
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Sir Julian Flaux (Chancellor)
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Mr Justice Roth Mr Justice Hildyard Mr Justice Marcus Smith Mr Justice Zacaroli Mr Justice Fancourt Mr Justice Trower Mr Justice Miles Mr Justice Meade Mr Justice Adam Johnson Mrs Justice Bacon Mr Justice Michael Green Mr Justice Mellor Mrs Justice Joanna Smith Mr Justice Edwin Johnson Mr Justice Leech

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