Mr Justice Henshaw | |
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High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
Assumed office 2 December 2019 | |
Monarchs |
Elizabeth II Charles III |
Personal details | |
Born | Towcester, England | 22 April 1962
Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
Sir Andrew Raymond Henshaw (born 22 April 1962) [1] is a British High Court judge.
Henshaw was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England and was educated at Sponne School in Towcester. He attended Downing College, Cambridge and graduated with a BA in law in 1983. [1] [2] He was the first in his family to attend university. [3]
In 1986, he was admitted as a solicitor and worked for Linklaters from 1986 to 2000 as a litigator; from 1987 to 1986, he was seconded to Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C. [2] At Linklaters, he made partner in 1994 and qualified as a solicitor advocate in 1996. [3] He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 2000, and established a practice in commercial and public law based at Brick Court Chambers. [4] He took silk in 2013 and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2017. [1] [2]
On 2 December 2019, he was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. [5] [6] He received the customary knighthood in the same year. [1] He sits on the Commercial Court, Admiralty Court, Administrative Court and sits on criminal cases in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). [5]
In 1998, he married Claire O'Connor, with whom he has two sons and a daughter. [1]