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Sir Jonathan Lionel Cohen (born 8 May 1951) is a retired British barrister and High Court judge (
Family Division The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cour ...
).


Life

Cohen is the son of the barrister the Hon Leonard Harold Lionel Cohen, OBE (1922-2007) and grandson of High Court judge
Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen Lionel Leonard Cohen, Baron Cohen, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC (1 March 1888 – 9 May 1973), was a British barrister and judge. Early life and career Cohen was born in London, the only child of Sir Leonard Lionel Cohe ...
. Educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England *Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States *Éton, a commune in the Meuse depa ...
and the
University of Kent The University of Kent (formerly the University of Kent at Canterbury, abbreviated as UKC) is a Collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom. The university was granted its roya ...
, Cohen was called to the bar by
Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, commonly known as Lincoln's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for Barrister, barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister ...
in 1974 and
took silk A King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Qu ...
in 1997. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court and knighted in 2017. Cohen retired in May 2021.


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1951 births Living people British Jews People educated at Eton College Alumni of the University of Kent Members of Lincoln's Inn Knights Bachelor British barristers 21st-century English judges Family Division judges {{UK-law-bio-stub