| 词条 | Christopher Pitchford |
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|honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable |name = Sir Christopher Pitchford |honorific-suffix = |image = Christopher Pitchford.JPG |imagesize = |caption = In procession at Llandaff Cathedral in 2013 |office = Lord Justice of Appeal |term_start = 12 January 2010 |term_end = 29 March 2017 |predecessor = Sir Scott Baker |successor = |birth_date = {{birth date|1947|3|28|df=y}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|18|1947|3|28|df=y}} }} Sir Christopher John Pitchford (28 March 1947 – 18 October 2017)[1] was a senior British judge, who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales from 2010 until he was forced to retire because of ill-health in 2017. Pitchford was educated at Queen's College, Taunton and studied Law at Queen Mary, University of London and was called to the Bar in 1969, becoming a Bencher of Middle Temple in 1996. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987 and appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 1996. Pitchford was appointed a full judge of that court on 28 September 2000 and received the customary knighthood. He served as Presiding Judge of the Wales and Chester Circuit from 2002–05. On 12 January 2010, Pitchford became a Lord Justice of Appeal, and was subsequently appointed to the Privy Council.[2] He was appointed chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, which was announced by Theresa May, the Home Secretary on 12 March 2015.[3] He announced that he would step down from the Inquiry in May 2017 following the diagnosis of motor neurone disease,[4] and he died in October 2017.[5] See alsoList of Lords Justices of AppealReferences1. ^Senior Judiciary List {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/69TygpIEa?url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/judges-magistrates-and-tribunal-judges/list-of-members-of-the-judiciary/senior-judiciary-list |date=2012-07-28 }} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitchford, Christopher}}{{UK-law-bio-stub}}2. ^Lord Justice of Appeal Appointment 3. ^{{cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.ucpi.org.uk/|website=Undercover Policing Inquiry|publisher=Undercover Policing Inquiry|accessdate=31 March 2016}} 4. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/31/sir-john-mitting-undercover-police-inquiry-lord-justice-pitchford-motor-neurone-disease Sir John Mitting to take over undercover police inquiry] 5. ^[https://www.ucpi.org.uk Home] 11 : 1947 births|2017 deaths|People educated at Queen's College, Taunton|English Queen's Counsel|Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom|English barristers|Knights Bachelor|Deaths from motor neuron disease|Alumni of Queen Mary University of London|Lords Justices of Appeal|Members of the Middle Temple |
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