Tim Eicke (born 27 July 1966) is a German-born British

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and Judge of the

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Education

Eicke studied German law at the

University of Passau The University of Passau (''Universität Passau'' in German) is a public research university located in Passau, Lower Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 1973, it is the youngest university in Bavaria and consequently has the most modern campus in the s ...

in south-east Germany, graduating in 1988. From there, he crossed the channel to Britain where he undertook further study in both Scottish and English law at the

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. He is fluent in German and English and is highly proficient in French. In June 2017, Eicke received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Dundee.

Career

After working as a legal consultant for an oil and gas information company, Eicke was

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in 1993 at

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. In 1999, Eicke joined Essex Court Chambers gaining expertise in the fields of

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and

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and regularly appearing in the

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, the European Court of Human Rights as well as domestic courts including the

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. Between 2004 and 2015, Mr. Eicke was a trustee/board member of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, in London. Between 2000 and 2007, he also served on the board of the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE center). Eicke was on the panel of counsel for the

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(2011-2015) in addition to editing the European Human Rights Reports. Eicke was appointed

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in 2011 and was subsequently elected as Britain's judge in the European Court of Human Rights in 2016 after a clear majority of representatives of the

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voted him in. He seated in the Case Chowdury and others v. Greece, in which the AIRE center was a third party. Due to past links with this organisation, this has been pointed out as a possible conflict of interest.

Memberships

Administrative and Constitutional Law Bar Association, American Society of International Law; Bar European Group; British-German Jurists Association; Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); Immigration Law Practitioners' Association; International Court of Arbitration; Justice Expert Panel on Human Rights in the EU; Lawyers for Liberty; Lincolns Inn; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; UK Association of European Law.

References

External links

Official Website of the European Court of Human Rights
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eicke, Tim University of Passau alumni German emigrants to England Alumni of the University of Dundee European Union Civil Service Tribunal judges British King's Counsel 1966 births 21st-century English judges Judges of the European Court of Human Rights Living people Jurists from Hanover Members of the Middle Temple British judges of international courts and tribunals British officials of the European Union