Birkbeck visiting professor appointed Master of the Rolls
The Rt. Hon. Sir Terence Etherton, a visiting professor in Birkbeck’s School of Law, has been appointed Master of the Rolls, with effect from 3 October 2016.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Terence Etherton, a visiting professor in Birkbeck’s School of Law, has been appointed Master of the Rolls, with effect from 3 October 2016. The appointment makes Sir Terence head of the civil judiciary and the second most senior judge in England and Wales.
Sir Terence was appointed to the Court of Appeal for England and Wales in 2008 after being an extremely successful and well regarded Chairman of the Law Commission. As a barrister his career was primarily at the Chancery Bar and he has continued to work in this aspect of law in his judicial career. At the Court of Appeal he has written the lead or second judgments across a wide spectrum of legal matters ranging from judicial review to insolvency, from constructive trusts to appeals relating to dangerous animals. His judicial activities engage domestic law and the law of the EU.
As a visiting professor at Birkbeck Sir Terence participates in a wide range of events, from public lectures to workshops, where Birkbeck students, alumni, fellow scholars and the wider public benefit from his wide-ranging experience in the judiciary, legal practice, social and legal policy development, law reform and legal scholarship.
Professor Patricia Tuitt, Executive Dean of the School of Law said:” We offer our warmest congratulations to Sir Terence on his appointment as Master of the Rolls. His willingness to share his experiences of practising law enriches teaching and research in the School and brings our students a fresh and exciting insight into the legal community, which will only be enhanced by his latest appointment.”
Find out more
- Courses in the School of Law
- Law on Trial 2016: The European Union at the Crossroads (Law on Trial is the School of Law’s annual week-long programme of free-to-attend public lectures and panel discussions. This year’s Law on Trial will run from Monday 13 to Friday 17 June.)
[Image: @Copyright Judiciary 2016.]