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Robert Miles (judge)

Sir Robert John Miles, styled Mr Justice Miles, is a British Lord Justice of Appeal.

Personal life and education

Miles was born on the 29th of November 1962, later studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University before obtaining a Diploma in Law at City University and returning to Oxford University to take the Bachelor of Civil Law.

Career

Called to the Bar in 1987, Miles practised from Chambers at 4 Stone Buildings, in Lincoln's Inn, specialising in commercial and financial law and civil fraud, often with a foreign element. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel in 2002 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2006. From June 2012 he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.

On 21 April 2020 he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court and on 16 March 2022 he received the customary knighthood. Miles has also co-edited Oxford University Press’s Annotated Companies Legislation.

On 7 October 2025, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal.

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