Mr Justice Miles | |
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Justice of the High Court | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 November 1962 |
Nationality | British |
Sir Robert John Miles, styled Mr Justice Miles, is a British High Court Judge.[1]
Miles was born on the 29th of November 1962, later studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University before obtaining a Diploma in Law at City University and returning to Oxford University to take the Bachelor of Civil Law.[1][2]
Called to the Bar in 1987, Miles practised from Chambers at 4 Stone Buildings, in Lincoln's Inn, specialising in commercial and financial law and civil fraud, often with a foreign element. He was appointed as King's Counsel in 2002 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2006.[1] From June 2012 he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]
On 21 April 2020 he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court[4] and on 16 March 2022 he received the customary knighthood.[5] Miles has also co-edited Oxford University Press’s Annotated Companies Legislation.[6]