Peter Beaumont

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Beaumont was called to the

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at Lincoln's Inn in 1967 where he later became a

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in 2001. He

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in 1986, and served as a

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Recorder from 1986 to 1989, before becoming a circuit judge. Beaumont had previously sat at the Central Criminal Court (better known as the Old Bailey) since 1995, and was

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from 2001 to 2004, being appointed

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in December 2004, following the sudden death of the previous Recorder, Judge Michael Hyam QC. Beaumont retired from the judiciary in February 2013 and was succeeded as Recorder of London by

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; he was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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References

External links

Curriers' Company website

Next Recorder of London announced: His Honour Judge Brian Barker QC
City of London, 10 December 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Peter 1944 births Living people Alumni of Peterhouse Boys' School Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English barristers 20th-century English judges 20th-century King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel English King's Counsel Common Serjeants of London Recorders of London Circuit judges (England and Wales) 21st-century English judges