David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Tredegar

Born in Liverpool in 1968, Wolfson was educated in King David High School, Liverpool, and then spent a year at Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem. He read Oriental Studies and Law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, graduating in 1991.[3]

Wolfson later attended the Inns of Court School of Law during when he awarded an Inns of Court Scholarship. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple, one of the Inns of Court that had given him a Major Scholarship, in October 1992, where he is now a Bencher.

Wolfson practised in commercial law at One Essex Court in Temple, London.

Wolfson was instructed in many of the major banking and commercial disputes in recent years, and his practice extended over a broad range of commercial law, both in litigation and international arbitration. He also sat as an arbitrator in both domestic and international disputes.

Prior to joining the UK Government, Wolfson was awarded “Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year 2020” by The Legal 500, and also “Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year” in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020.

Wolfson was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice at the Ministry of Justice on 22 December 2020. He was later created Baron Wolfson of Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Gwent on 30 December 2020 and was introduced to the House of Lords on 7 January next year.[4][5]