Sir Richard Andrew Snowden, PC (born 22 March 1962), styled Lord Justice Snowden, is a

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Biography

Snowden was educated at

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, and

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. He was

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in 1986, and elected a

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in 2010. He was appointed a

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in 2003, a Recorder in 2006, and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2008. He was a member of the Insolvency Rules Committee between 2002 and 2012. He also edited several works on company and insolvency law. Snowden was appointed a Justice of the High Court (

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) on 30 April 2015, following the elevation of Mr Justice Sales to the

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, and received the customary

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the same year. On 19 September 2019, Snowden took on the role of Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine and became Supervising Judge of the Business and Property Courts for the North and North-Eastern Circuits following Mr Justice Barling's retirement. On 31 August 2021, it was announced that Snowden would be promoted to the Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.

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