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The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir John Anthony Dyson as a Justice of the Supreme Court with effect from 13 April 2010 following the appointment of The Right Honourable The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as Master of the Rolls.

Biographical Note

Lord Justice John Anthony Dyson (66) was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1968, and took Silk in 1982. He was appointed as a Recorder in 1986 and was made a Bencher in 1990. He was appointed to the High Court (Queen s Bench Division) in 1993 and was Presiding Judge of the Technology and Construction Court from 1998 to 2001. Sir John Dyson was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2001 and was Deputy Head of Civil Justice from 2003 to 2006.

Lord Justice Dyson was knighted in 1993.

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