Mr Justice Hilliard | |
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High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
Recorder of London | |
In office 2015–2019 | |
Appointed by | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Brian Barker |
Succeeded by | Mark Lucraft |
Common Serjeant of London | |
In office 2013–2015 | |
Preceded by | Brian Barker |
Succeeded by | Richard Leon Marks QC |
Personal details | |
Born | Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard 1 May 1959 |
Residence(s) | London, United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Bradfield College, Berkshire. Lincoln College, Oxford. |
Occupation | Judge |
Profession | Barrister |
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.