1. Sir David Andrew Foxton was born on 14 October 1965 and is a British High Court judge.
13 Facts About David Foxton
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David Foxton took a first-class BA in jurisprudence and BCL from Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1986 and 1987 respectively.
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David Foxton was an Eldon Scholar in 1989 and completed a PhD at King's College London in 2001.
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David Foxton was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1989.
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David Foxton established a practice in commercial law, based at Essex Court Chambers from 1989 to 2020.
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David Foxton was editor, with Sir Bernard Eder, of Scrutton on Charterparties and Bills of Lading from 2008 to 2015.
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David Foxton has been a visiting professor of law at the University of Nottingham since 2007.
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David Foxton was appointed Freeman of the City of London in 2007.
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David Foxton was head of chambers at Essex Court Chambers from 2017 to 2020.
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David Foxton served as a recorder from 2009 to 2020 and a deputy High Court judge from 2016 to 2020.
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David Foxton was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division and appointed to the Commercial Court.
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David Foxton is on the Financial List, hears cases on the Competition Appeal Tribunal and sits on the Administrative Court.
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David Foxton is currently Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court.