Peter Cresswell (judge)

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Sir Peter John Cresswell, DL (born 24 April 1944) is an English former High Court judge, [1] and currently a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. [2]

Cresswell was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead before studying law at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, gaining an MA and LLB. [3] He was then called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1966. [4] Cresswell was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983 [4] before being appointed a High Court Judge in 1991 where he was assigned to the Queens' Bench Division. [1] From 1993-94 he was the judge in charge of the commercial court. [4] Between 1993 and 1996 Creswell presided over the Lloyds litigation, the largest piece of civil litigation in the UK. [2]

Cresswell retired from the High Court in 2008 [1] and since 2009 has been a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. [5]

In November 2014 he was made a Companion of The Academy of Experts. [6]

He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and a Bencher of Gray's Inn.

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  2. 1 2 "Biographies of the Justices". Qatar International Court. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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