Geoffrey Vos

Sir Geoffrey Charles Vos (born 22 April 1955) is a British judge. Since 11 January 2021, he has served as Master of the Rolls, the head of civil justice in the court system of England and Wales.[1]

The Right Honourable

Sir Geoffrey Vos

MR
Vos in 2018
Master of the Rolls
Assumed office
11 January 2021
Preceded bySir Terence Etherton
Chancellor of the High Court
In office
24 October 2016 â€“ 11 January 2021
Preceded bySir Terence Etherton
Succeeded bySir Julian Flaux
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
1 October 2013 â€“ 23 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1955-04-22) 22 April 1955
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

He was educated at University College School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2]

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1977. He was the Chairman of the Chancery Bar Association from 1999 to 2001 and of the Bar Council in 2007. Between 2005 and 2009 he was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey, and a Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands between 2008 and 2009.[3]

He sat as a Deputy High Court Judge from 1999 until 2009 and was appointed as a Justice of the High Court assigned to the Chancery Division in October 2009. He was appointed as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 2013. He was President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary between June 2014 and June 2016. He became Chancellor of the High Court on 24 October 2016.

Notable decisions

Notable judicial decisions of Sir Geoffrey include:

References
  1. "Master of the Rolls: 31 July 2020". 10 Downing Street. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ‘VOS, Rt Hon. Sir Geoffrey (Charles)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  3. https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/high-court/the-chancery-division/the-chancellor-of-the-high-court/


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