Robert Miles (judge)

The Right Honourable
Lord Justice Miles
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Lord Justice of Appeal
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 October 2025
MonarchCharles III
Justice of the High Court
In office
2020–2025
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1962-11-29) 29 November 1962

Sir Robert John Miles, styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Miles, is a British Lord Justice of Appeal.[1]

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.[1][2]

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.[1] From June 2012 he served as Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster.[3]

On 21 April 2020 he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court[4] and on 16 March 2022 he received the customary knighthood.[5] Miles has also co-edited Oxford University Press’s Annotated Companies Legislation.[6]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "High Court Judges 2019 | Judicial Appointments Commission". 7 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Miles, Hon. Sir Robert John, (born 29 Nov. 1962), a Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division, since 2020". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U42877. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 30 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  3. ↑ "Duchy council". theduchycouncil. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "CrownOffice". crownoffice.
  5. ↑ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Annotated Companies Legislation (3rd ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2 May 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-967769-6.
  7. ↑ "Lord Justice Miles". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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