14 Facts About Adrian Fulford

Adrian Fulford was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and went up to the University of Southampton, gaining a LLB.

Adrian Fulford was called to the bar at the Middle Temple as a barrister in 1978, and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1994.

In 1995, Adrian Fulford was made a Recorder of the Crown Court.

Adrian Fulford was appointed to what was then the Queen's Bench Division and received the customary knighthood.

On 11 May 2012, Adrian Fulford imposed a whole life order on David Oakes, who was convicted at the Crown Court at Chelmsford of the premeditated and sadistic murder of his former partner and daughter.

Adrian Fulford presided over the trial of Jiervon Barlett and Najed Hoque who were accused of the manslaughter of Paula Castle, a woman mugged in Greenford, West London.

Adrian Fulford received the UK Government's nomination, and was elected in 2003 to serve, as one of 18 judges of the International Criminal Court for a term of nine years, and was assigned to the Trial Division.

Adrian Fulford was sworn into office on 11 March 2003.

Adrian Fulford presided over the ICC's first trial, that of Thomas Lubanga, and in that capacity delivered the court's first guilty verdict on 14 March 2012.

On 10 May 2013, Adrian Fulford was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal.

The investigation, by Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, concluded on 18 June 2014 that the allegations against Adrian Fulford were "without substance" and he "was not and had never been a supporter of PIE or its aims".

Adrian Fulford was appointed as the Deputy Senior Presiding Judge on 1 January 2015, and was promoted to Senior Presiding Judge on 1 January 2016 succeeding Peter Gross.

On 31 March 2017, Adrian Fulford stood down from this position, to accept appointment as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner in which role he will be supported by fifteen senior judges appointed under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

On 1 October 2022, Adrian Fulford retired as a Lord Justice of Appeal.