Sir Andrew James Gilbart (13 February 1950 – 19 March 2018), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Gilbart, was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales until his death in service. He was educated at

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and

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.‘GILBART, Hon. Sir Andrew James’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014 He was called to the bar by

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in 1972 and became a bencher there in 2000. He was made a QC in 1991, a circuit judge in 2004, a senior circuit judge and Honorary Recorder of Manchester in 2008, a deputy judge of the High Court from 2004 to 2013, and an announcement of his appointment as a judge of the

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allocated to the Queen's Bench Division was made in 2013. Illness prevented him taking up his appointment until October 2014. A planning law specialist at the Bar, he was heavily involved in the long-running Manchester Runway litigation. During his tenure as Recorder of Manchester he presided over many criminal cases, including sentencing in cases arising from Manchester riots, in respect of which he purported to set local sentencing guidelines which were later overturned by the Court of Appeal. He was made a

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on 3 November 2015.

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1950 births 2018 deaths People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Members of the Middle Temple Queen's Bench Division judges Knights Bachelor English King's Counsel Circuit judges (England and Wales) {{UK-law-bio-stub