Sir John Bernard Goldring (born 9 November 1944) is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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Career

He was called to the bar

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 (Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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) in 1969 and made a Bencher

Bencher

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 in 1996. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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 in 1987. He was a Recorder

Recorder (judge)

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 in the Crown Court

Crown Court

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 from 1987 to 1999, and was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 1996. On 1 October 1997, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice

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 and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division; he received the customary knighthood

Knight Bachelor

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 the same year. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal

Lord Justice of Appeal

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 on 12 January 2009, whereupon he was appointed to the Privy Council

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He also served as a deputy senior judge of the Sovereign Base Areas

Sovereign Base Areas

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 of Cyprus, a deputy High Court judge

High Court judge

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, and a judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey

Jersey

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 and Guernsey

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He was appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission

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in February 2006, as representative for the judiciary.