Exonian appointed to High Court

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Kenneth Blades Parker, Q.C. (Lit Hum, 1964) to be a Justice of the High Court with effect from 2 October 2009 on the retirement of Mr. Justice McKinnon.

Mr Parker, former Head of Monckton Chambers, will be assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. He was called to the Bar in 1975 and took silk in 1992. He was appointed a recorder in 2000, a law commissioner in 2006 and is approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge.

Congratulations to Mr Parker on his appointment.