Sir Julian Nicholas Goose (born 26 July 1961) is a British High Court judge. Goose was educated at

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and

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. He completed an

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at the

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. He was called to the bar at

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in 1984. He served as a

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from 1998 to 2013 and took silk in 2002. He has head of chambers at Zenith Chambers from 2004 to 2013. He served as a senior circuit judge and resident judge at Sheffield Combined Court Centre from 2013 to 2017; he was honorary recorder of Sheffield for the same period. In 2010, he was appointed to sit as a deputy High Court judge. He was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to the

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in 2014 and served until 2020. On 2 October 2017, he was appointed a High Court judge and assigned to the

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. He took the customary

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in the same year. From January 2022, he has been the

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of the northern circuit. In 1987, he married Susan Bulmer, with whom he has two sons and one daughter.

Notable cases

Notable cases heard by Goose include: * Wallasey pub shooting * The shooting of Ashley Dale

References

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