SIR MICHAEL BURTON

Posted on: August 15th, 2011  |  Categories: Authors, Featured Author

Mr Justice Burton was called to the Bar in 1970, became a QC in 1984 and had a busy commercial practice in the Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, Commercial Court and Employment Courts, in a wide variety of fields of law, appearing as Counsel not only in the UK and Luxembourg, but also in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bermuda, Brunei and the United States. He was Head of Littleton Chambers from 1991 to 1998, and was appointed a High Court Judge in 1998, sitting for a number of years as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions and as an arbitrator and mediator. Since his appointment as a High Court Judge he has sat in Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions, Commercial Court, Administrative Court, Revenue List and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He was President of the latter from 2002 to 2005.

Sir Michael edits  Civil Appeals, the leading authority on appeals process for all levels of the judiciary, including the House of Lords, Privy Council, and the European Court.