The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of His Honour Judge Colin Ian Birss, Q.C., to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 13 May 2013 on the elevation of Mr. Justice Briggs to the Court of Appeal.

The Lord Chief Justice will assign Judge Birss to the Chancery Division.

Notes for Editors

Judge Birss, 48, was called to the Bar by the  Middle Temple in 1990 and took Silk in 2008. He was appointed a Specialist Circuit Judge Patents County Court in 2010 and is approved to sit as a deputy High Court Judge.