Timothy Fancourt

British judge (born 1964)

The Honourable Mr Justice Fancourt
Fancourt in 2019

Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017

Personal details
Born	(1964-08-30) 30 August 1964 (age 59)
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Profession	Judge

Sir Timothy Miles Fancourt (born 30 August 1964), judicially styled as Mr Justice Fancourt, is a judge of the English High Court.^[1]

Personal life and education

Fancourt was born on the 30th of August 1964 and attended Whitgift School in Croydon. He studied law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.^[2]

He married Emily Windsor in 2000, with whom he has a daughter.^[2]^[3]

Career

He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987. He initially became a tenant of London chambers at 11 Kings Bench Walk, latterly Falcon Chambers. As a barrister he specialised in real property and landlord and tenant law.^[4]^[5] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003.^[6]

In 1996 he was elected to the Bar Council of England and Wales. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2009 ^[7] sitting at Harrow Crown Court^[3] until 2017.^[2] In 2012 he was appointed chairman of the Chancery Bar Association.^[2]

He was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2013 and as a High Court Judge assigned to the Chancery Division in 2017.^[1] He received the customary knighthood in May 2019.^[8]

Fancourt is a co-editor of Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Fancourt, Hon. Sir Timothy Miles, (born 30 Aug. 1964), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2018; President, Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U44011. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bar Welcome Speeches". CHBA.ORG. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Falcon Chambers - Barristers". Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Mr Justice Fancourt". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ Timothy Fancourt, Caroline Shea, Catherine Taskis, Emily Windsor, Edward Peters, Jamie Sutherland (2018). Muir Watt & Moss: Agricultural Holdings (15th ed.). Sweet & Maxwell. ISBN 9781847038555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)