David Anthony Stewart Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell, PC (born 9 June 1951) is a Justice of the

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Biography

The son of Kenneth Richards, MBE and Winifred Richards, he was educated at

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and

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(BA 1973; MA 1980). He was called to the bar at

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in 1974. He was made a QC in 1992 and judge of the

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(Chancery Division) in 2003. He was appointed as a chairman of the

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in 2014. He was appointed a

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on 16 November 2015. He retired on reaching the then applicable retirement age of 70 in June 2021. On 17 August 2022, it was announced that Richards had been appointed as a

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. Lord Richards was sworn in on 3 October 2022, when it was announced that he would take the judicial title Lord Richards of Camberwell.

References

Living people Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Oundle School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Chancery Division judges Knights Bachelor Lord justices of appeal English King's Counsel 1951 births {{UK-law-bio-stub