Sir Nigel Anthony Lamert Davis, PC (born 10 March 1951) is a former Lord Justice of Appeal. Education Davis was educated at Charterhouse School and University College, Oxford. Career Davis was called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1975. In 1992, he became a Queen's Counsel. He was appointed a Recorder in 1998. The next year, he was named a Deputy High Court Judge. Davis was appointed to the High Court of Justice on 1 October 2001 and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division; he was knighted the same year. He served as a Presiding Judge for the Wales Circuit from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal effective 4 October 2011, and it was announced he would receive the customary appointment to the Privy Council. He retired as Lord Justice of Appeal with effect from 10 March 2021 References 1951 births Living people People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of University College, Oxford Queen's Bench Division judges Knights Bachelor Lords Justices of Appeal 21st-century Welsh judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom