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Influenza and immunopathogenesis– an interview with Peter Openshaw
Sir Charles Peter Lawford Openshaw, DL (born 1947), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Openshaw, is an English judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division.
Contents
- Influenza and immunopathogenesis an interview with Peter Openshaw
- Early life
- Legal career
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
Early life
Openshaw was educated at Harrow School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Legal career
Openshaw was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1970. On 9 April 1991, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC).
On 16 March 1999, Openshaw was appointed a Circuit Judge. He was appointed the Honorary Recorder of Preston in 1999 and served for seven years.
In September 2005, he was appointed as a High Court Judge and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. Since 2005, he has been a member of the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a presiding judge of the North Eastern Circuit.
He was made a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2003.
Personal life
Openshaw is married to Dame Caroline Swift. They were sworn in as High Court judges on the same day in October 2005.
Honours
On 10 May 2000, Openshaw was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Lancashire. In 2008, he was appointed a lay canon of Blackburn Cathedral.
He was knighted upon being appointed as a high court judge.