David James Tyson Kitchin, Lord Kitchin, PC (born 30 April 1955) is a

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. He has also served as a

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Career

Having attended Oundle School and studied

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as an undergraduate at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Kitchin switched to Law in his final year and was called to the Bar (

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) in 1977; he has been a bencher since 2003. During his university days, he also coxed the Cambridge team that won the 1975

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. He became a

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in 1994. In 2001, he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge. He was appointed to the

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on 3 October 2005 and assigned to the Chancery Division; he was

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in the same year. Kitchin has served as Chancery Supervising Judge for the Wales, Western and Midland Circuits since 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a

effective 5 October 2011, and received the customary appointment to the

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. He became a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 1 October 2018.

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1955 births People educated at Oundle School Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Chancery Division judges Knights Bachelor Living people Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 20th-century King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel {{UK-law-bio-stub