Peter Cresswell (judge)

Sir Peter John Cresswell, DL (24 April 1944 – 10 September 2025) was an English High Court judge,[1] and a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.[2]

Life and career

Cresswell was born on 24 April 1944. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, before studying law at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, gaining an MA and LLB.[3] He was then called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1966.[4] Cresswell was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983[4] before being appointed a High Court judge in 1991 where he was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[1] From 1993 to 1994 he was the judge in charge of the commercial court.[4] Between 1993 and 1996 Creswell presided over the Lloyds litigation, the largest piece of civil litigation in the UK.[2]

Cresswell retired from the High Court in 2008[1] and from 2009 to 2014 was a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.[5]

In November 2014 he was made a Companion of The Academy of Experts.[6]

He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and a Bencher of Gray's Inn.

Cresswell died from cancer on 10 September 2025, at the age of 81.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Senior Judiciary". Judiciary of England and Wales. Retrieved 2 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b "Biographies of the Justices". Qatar International Court. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Burke's Peerage - The Official Website". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Sir Peter Cresswell". 3 Verulam Buildings. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Sir Peter Cresswell, DL". Cayman Islands Judicial and Legal Information Website.
  6. ^ "Contributions to the Expert Witness & Legal Professions Recognised - The Academy of Experts". Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  7. ^ Connolly, Norma (24 September 2025). "Former Grand Court judge Sir Peter Cresswell passes away". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Sir Peter Cresswell obituary: judge and renowned fly fisherman". The Times. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
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