John Goldring

Born 1944, British Citizen Appointed since 2016 BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1969; Barrister practising in criminal law, personal injury and family law; for two years, Standing Counsel (Crime) to the Inland Revenue on the Midland and Oxford Circuit; Appointed Queen’s Counsel,1987; Recorder of the Crown Court and of the County Court of England and Wales 1987 – 1999; Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus 1992 – 1999; Judge of the Courts of Appeal for Guernsey and for Jersey 1998 -1999; Judge, High Court of England and Wales, 1999 – 2008, siting in the Queen’s Bench Division; Presiding Judge, Midland Circuit, 2001 – 2004; Judicial Commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales, 2005 – 2008; Judge of the Court of Appeal for England and Wales, 2008 – 2014; Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, 2009 – 2012; Coroner undertaking the inquest arising from the deaths at Hillsborough – Ongoing; Appointed President of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands, 2016