The Right Honourable Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC (born 21 January 1938) is a British judge who was Master of the Rolls since 2000 and has been Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales since 1 October 2005. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A judge or justice is an official who presides over a court. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Phillips was educated at Bryanston School; he enjoyed his time at the school and in 1975 he became a Governor of it; he has been Chairman of the Governors since 1981. He undertook his National Service with the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve where he was a commissioned officer; after the two years' service he went up to King's College, Cambridge where he read Law. In 1962 he was called to the Bar (Middle Temple) where he was the Harmsworth Scholar. He went into practice as a barrister, specialising in maritime law matters; in 1973 he was appointed as Junior Counsel to the Ministry of Defence and to the Treasury in maritime and Admiralty matters; in 1978 he 'took silk' and became a Queen's Counsel. Bryanston School is an independent public school in Blandford, north Dorset, near the village of Bryanston. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National service describes a form of military service in which all citizens (or all male citizens) of one particular nation can participate, either voluntarily or (more often) non-voluntarily. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. ... Full name The Kings College of Our Lady and St Nicholas Motto Veritas Et Utilitas Truth and usefulness Named after Henry VI Previous names - Established 1441 Sister College(s) New College Acting Provost Dr Tess Adkins Location Kings Parade Undergraduates 397 Postgraduates 239 Homepage Boatclub The Gatehouse, built... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... In England and Wales, many Commonwealth jurisdictions, and Hong Kong SAR, barristers (, lawyers who are licensed to argue cases in superior courts, as opposed to those licensed for other forms of legal practice outside of the courtrooms, such as providing legal advice to lay clients) are those who have been... Part of Middle Temple c. ... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Ministry of Defence (MOD, pronounced em-oh-dee) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The official portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, who was made Queens Counsel as Justice Minister in 1992. ...

In 1982, Phillips was appointed a Recorder and from 1987 was a full-time High Court Judge on the Queen's Bench Division, with the customary knighthood. He took an interest in legal training, and was Chairman of the Council of Legal Education from 1992 to 1997. He presided over several complex fraud trials including those covering the Robert Maxwell pension fund fraud and Barlow Clowes. In 1995, he became a Lord Justice of Appeal and was appointed to the Privy Council. He was elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers in 1998. In early 1999 he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and in 2000 succeeded Lord Woolf as Master of the Rolls. He conducted an inquiry into the outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Recorder is a barrister or solicitor of 10 years standing who serves as a part-time Crown court judge. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991), British media proprietor, rose from poverty to build a large publishing empire. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Worth Matravers is a small village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the cliffs west of Swanage, with a population of 644. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC (born May 2, 1933), retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on October 1, 2005. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ... Look up Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

He lives in Hampstead, London. Hampstead is a place in the London Borough of Camden and near to Hampstead Heath. ... This article is about the British city. ...

Haha! If your reading this, then perhaps you have been directed from me! The REAL Nicholas Phillips, aka, Nicholas William Raymond Phillips, from Dorset but resides in Chester currently! Do not accept false idols, mere dopplegangers etc. Just because the other NP is a Baron, it doesn't mean he should get all the credit! Woohoo!

Styles

• Nicholas Phillips, Esq. (—1978)
• Nicholas Phillips, Esq., QC (1978–1987)
• The Hon. Mr Justice Phillips (1987–1995)
• The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Phillips (1995–1999)
• The Rt Hon. The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, PC (1999—)

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External links

• Dyer, Clare, He pointed a finger where it ought to be pointed. He didn't go over the top ... He has shown himself to be politic, The Guardian, 23 September 2005.
• BSE enquiry, UK government.