Peter Roth (judge)

The Honourable Sir Peter Roth
Roth in 2015
Justice of the High Court
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Competition Appeal Tribunal President
In office 2013–2021
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Personal details
Born	Peter Marcel Roth (1952-12-19) 19 December 1952 (age 72)
Alma mater	New College, Oxford (BA) University of Pennsylvania (LLM)

Sir Peter Marcel Roth is a British High Court judge.[1]

Education

Educated at St Paul's School, London, Roth read history at New College, Oxford, and obtained the degree of LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1977.[2]

Career

Roth was a member of Monckton Chambers, a set of barristers' chambers specialising in commercial and competition law, located in Gray's Inn and founded by Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley.[3] He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1977 and elected a Bencher in 2008.[4] He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997,[5] a deputy judge of the High Court from 2008 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) in 2009.[1]

He received his customary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in February 2010.[6]

In 2013, Roth was appointed President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He retired from the position in 2021.[7][2]

He was a visiting professor at King's College London from 2003 to 2009.[8]

Personal life

In 2010, Roth married Tessa Margaret Buchanan. He has one daughter, one step-son and one step-daughter.[2]

On New Year's Day 2017, Roth's Knight Bachelor and insignia medal were stolen from his home in Primrose Hill. The burglar also stole a family heirloom, bank cards, car keys and jewellery. A man was arrested but later acquitted at trial due to lack of evidence. The items, including the original insignia medal, have never been recovered.[9]

References

1. "Mr Justice Peter Roth". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
2. "Roth, Hon. Sir Peter Marcel, (born 19 December 1952), a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 2009; President, Competition Appeal Tribunal, 2013–21". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U33253. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
3. "Peter Roth QC Appointed High Court Judge". Monckton Chambers. 15 September 2009.
4. "Masters of the Bench: The Honourable Mr Justice Roth". middletemple.org.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
5. "Crown Gazette" (PDF). thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
6. "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
7. "Appointment of President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal". judiciary.gov.uk. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
8. "Visiting practitioners & professors". kcl.ac.uk. The Dickson Poon School of Law. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
9. O'Mahony, Tristan Kirk, Daniel (30 March 2017). "High Court judge's knighthood medal 'stolen in burglary at £5m home'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 January 2023.