Nicholas Patten
Sir Nicholas John Patten (born 7 August 1950) is a former member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Education
Tulse Hill Comprehensive School for boys; Christ Church, Oxford. Career
Patten was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1974 and made a Bencher in 1997. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1998. On 2 October 2000, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Chancery Division. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster from 2005 to 2008. On 8 June 2009, Patten became a Lord Justice of Appeal, and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council the same year. He retired on 8 August 2020, having reached the statutory retirement age for judges. See also
 List of Lords Justices of Appeal

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1950 births
Living people
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
British King's Counsel
Chancery Division judges
Knights Bachelor
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Lords Justices of Appeal