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Mar 15, 1945 79 years old
British judge
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About Robert Carnwath Lord Carnwath Of Notting Hill
- Robert John Anderson Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, Kt, CVO, PC (born 15 March 1945), is a British Supreme Court judge.The son of Sir Andrew Carnwath KCVO, Robert Carnwath was educated at Eton College, where he won the Newcastle Scholarship, and Trinity College, Cambridge.Carnwath was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1968.
- He practised in parliamentary law, planning and local government, revenue law and administrative law.
- He held the appointment of Junior Counsel to the Inland Revenue (Common Law) from 1980 to 1985, succeeded by Alan Moses, now Lord Justice Moses.
- He became a Queen's Counsel in 1985, and was Attorney General to the Prince of Wales from 1988 to 1994. He was appointed as a High Court judge on 3 October 1994, in the Chancery Division, and received the customary knighthood.
- He served as Chairman of the Law Commission from 1999 to July 2002.
- He was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 15 January 2002 and, as is customary, became a member of the Privy Council.
- He was formally sworn in as the first Senior President of Tribunals on 12 November 2007. On 20 December 2011, Carnwath was announced as a new appointee to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
- By Royal Warrant, all members of the Supreme Court, even if they do not hold a peerage, are entitled to the judicial style and title "Lord" for life..
- Carnworth was granted the courtesy style Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill. Carnwath also currently serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
- In his free time, he enjoys playing the piano and viola, as well as singing in the Bach Choir.
