Nicholas Hilliard (judge)

Mr Justice Hilliard
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Assumed office
2019
Appointed byElizabeth II
Recorder of London
In office
2015–2019
Appointed byElizabeth II
Preceded byBrian Barker
Succeeded byMark Lucraft
Common Serjeant of London
In office
2013–2015
Preceded byBrian Barker
Succeeded byRichard Leon Marks QC
Personal details
Born
Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard

1 May 1959
Residence(s)London, United Kingdom
Alma materBradfield College, Berkshire. Lincoln College, Oxford.
OccupationJudge
ProfessionBarrister

Sir Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard (born 1 May 1959)[1] is a British judge who was the Recorder of London, an ancient and senior legal post at the Old Bailey, and before that Common Serjeant of London, the Recorder's second. He was appointed to that office in May 2013. From 6 January 2015 he was Recorder of London, the senior judge at the Old Bailey.[2] In October 2019 it was announced that was to be appointed as a judge of the High Court of Justice. He took up that appointment on 19 November 2019 [3] ceasing to be Recorder of London.

  1. ^ Hilliard, Nicholas Richard Maybury. Who's Who 2019. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42763. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual | the Gazette".
  3. ^ "High Court Judge Appointment". www.judiciary.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2019.