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David Holgate was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] by the [[Middle Temple]] in 1978 and [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 1997. He served as [[Recorder (judge)|Recorder]] from 2002 to 2014 and Deputy High Court Judge from 2008 to 2014.
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David Holgate was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] by the [[Middle Temple]] in 1978 and [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 1997. He was [[Recorder (judge)|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 [[Vivian Ramsey|Mr Justice Ramsey]], receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] the following year.<ref name=Kt>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61406/page/22094</ref> He has been President of the [[Upper Tribunal]] Lands Chamber since 2016 and Planning Liaison Judge since 2017.
 
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 [[Vivian Ramsey|Mr Justice Ramsey]], receiving the customary [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]] the following year.<ref name=Kt>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61406/page/22094</ref> He has been President of the [[Upper Tribunal]] Lands Chamber since 2016 and Planning Liaison Judge since 2017.

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Person.png David Holgate  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist)
David Holgate.jpg
Born3 August 1956
NationalityUK
Alma materDavenant 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]

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 was 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.



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