David Holgate
 David Holgate    (journalist) | |
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| Born | 3 August 1956 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Davenant Foundation Grammar School, Exeter College (Oxford) |
UK judge who dismissed Katherine Horton's case against the UK intelligence agencies. | |
Sir David John Holgate, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Holgate, is a UK judge.[1]
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Background
Holgate attended Davenant Foundation Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford.
Career
David Holgate was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1978 and took silk in 1997. He served as Recorder from 2002 to 2014 and Deputy High Court Judge from 2008 to 2014.
On 1 December 2014, Holgate was appointed to be a Justice of the High Court and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division, on the retirement of Mr Justice Ramsey, receiving the customary knighthood the following year.[2] He has been President of the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber since 2016 and Planning Liaison Judge since 2017.
Holgate has been in a civil partnership with Alexander Nicholas Constantine since 2006.
Cases
Katherine Horton reports that David Holgate dismissed her case against the UK intelligence agencies.
