Robin Knowles

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He was educated at Sir Roger Manwood's School and read Law at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2][3]

He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1982 and he began practising in 1984. In 1999, he was appointed a QC.[3] He was Chair of the Commercial Bar Association of England & Wales and of Advocate (the Bar Pro Bono Unit) and the National Pro Bono Centre.[3]

In 1998, he was appointed an Assistant Recorder, followed by a Recorder in 2000, and Deputy High Court Judge in 2007.[3] He has been a judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division) since 1 October 2014. He became a judge of the Commercial Court in 2015, and is a designated Judge of the Financial List.[3]

Sir Robin was awarded the CBE in 2007 for services to pro bono legal services.[3]

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