ˈæftɚ twˈɛnti fˈaɪv jˈɪɹz æt ðə bˈɑːɹ, hiː wʌz ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd ɐ hˈaɪ kˈoːɹt dʒˈʌdʒ ɪn ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv, ænd wʌz ɐsˈaɪnd tə ðə tʃˈænsɚɹi dᵻvˈɪʒən, æz wˈʌn ʌvðə pˈæʔn̩ts kˈoːɹt dʒˈʌdʒᵻz.
After 25 years at the bar, he was appointed a High Court judge in April 1995, and was assigned to the Chancery Division, as one of the Patents Court judges.