Peter Fraser (judge)

Sir Peter Donald Fraser (born 6 September 1963[1][2]), styled The Honourable Mr Justice Peter Fraser, is a High Court Judge.[2][3]

The Honourable
Mr Justice Peter Fraser
Justice of the High Court
Assumed office
2015
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III

Born in County Down, Northern Ireland,[2] he attended Harrogate Grammar School and then won an Open Exhibition to St John's College, Cambridge, from where he obtained both an MA in law and an LLM.[3][2]

He was called to the Bar by Middle Temple on 21 November 1989,[4] and was awarded a Hamsworth Exhibition and Ashbury Scholarship by the Inn.[2] He was a summer associate in the Los Angeles office of White & Case in both 1988 and 1989, and after completing his pupillage at Atkin Chambers in Gray's Inn, he remained there in practice until he was appointed to the High Court Bench in 2015.[3] His practice was in the field of technology, engineering, construction and international arbitration.[2] He practised both in the UK and internationally, including in Hong Kong, China, South Africa, Sweden, Botswana, France, Dubai, Qatar, Oman, Bermuda, and the Bahamas, where he was called to the Bar in 2007.[3] He became a Recorder of the Crown Court in 2002, sitting on the Western Circuit. He was appointed a recorder in 2002[2] and Queen's Counsel in 2009.[4][2] He became a High Court Judge, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2015[3][5][2] and was made a Knight Bachelor in November 2015.[4][6][2]

He served as the Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 2017 to 2020,[3][7][2] part of the Business and Property Courts that sit in the Rolls Building in London. He also sits as a Judge of the Commercial Court.

He has also served as an arbitrator at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris,[3] and is the consulting editor of Building Law Reports, having been editor from 1990–2015.[3]

His notable cases include being the managing judge of the group litigation called Bates & Ors v Post Office Ltd,[8] brought by 550 sub-postmasters against the Post Office over issues resulting from the Horizon IT system.[9][10]

In July 2023 it was announced that he is to be appointed as the next Chair of the Law Commission of England and Wales, which comes with elevation to the Court of Appeal, replacing Sir Nick Green, with effect from 1 December 2023. [11]

He competes as an Ironman triathlete.[4][2]

References
  1. Rozenberg, Joshua. "Post Office plays hardball with ironman judge". Law Gazette. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. Biography, Who's Who
  3. "Mr Justice Fraser". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. "The Hon Mr Justice Fraser". The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. "Appointment of a High Court Judge: Fraser QC". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. "Knighthoods and DBE conferred: 28 October 2015". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. "Judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. Case No: HQ16X01238, HQ17X02637 and HQ17X04248
  9. Sawer, P. (11 December 2019). "Post Office agrees to pay subpostmasters £58m compensation over false accusations of theft". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  10. "Judgment (No.6) "Horizon Issues" (Bates & Ors v Post Office Ltd)" (PDF). Judiciary.uk. 16 December 2019.
  11. Rozenberg, Joshua (29 June 2023). "New chair for Law Commission". A Lawyer Writes. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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