Sir John Edward Mitting (born 8 October 1947) is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He has chaired the Undercover Policing Inquiry since 2017.[1]
Education
editMitting attended Downside School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Legal career
editHe was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1970 and made a bencher in 1996. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was appointed a Recorder in 1988.[2] On 3 April 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary Knight Bachelor, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He served as Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission from 2007 to 2012.[2] He presided over the Libel Case related to "Plebgate" and the Uber English language tests case.
He retired as a High Court judge on his 70th birthday in 2017, and has been appointed to chair the Undercover Policing Inquiry, following the resignation due to ill-health of Lord Justice Pitchford. In March 2018 campaigners and their legal team walked out of a hearing of the inquiry, calling for him to step down.[3]
Personal life
editMitting is married to Judith, a retired solicitor who also sat as a part-time judge specialising in tax tribunals. Lady Mitting was previously managing partner of Grindeys solicitors in Stoke-on-Trent. She is the Chair of Katharine House Hospice in Stafford.[4]
References
edit- ^ "About the Inquiry". Undercover Policing Inquiry. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Sir John Edward Mitting 8.10.47". EXFL.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Undercover policing inquiry: Chairman urged to quit, BBC News, 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Lady Judith Mitting (Chair)". Katharine House Hospice.
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