Ernest Ryder
Sir Ernest Ryder | |
|---|---|
 Lord Justice Ryder in 2013 | |
| Master of Pembroke College, Oxford | |
| Assumed office July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Lynne Brindley |
Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder, TD, PC, DL (born 9 December 1957) became a Lord Justice of Appeal in April 2013 and was appointed Senior President of Tribunals in September 2015. In July 2020, Ryder became the Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]
Education and family life[edit]
Ryder was educated at Bolton School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, and worked for the merchant bank, Grindley Brandt & Co 1979–81, before qualifying as a barrister.
He married Janette Martin in 1990, and they have one daughter.
In January 2014, he was installed as Chancellor of the University of Bolton.
Career[edit]
Ryder was called to the Bar in 1981 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997. He became a Recorder in 2000, and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2001.[2] Ryder was appointed a High Court judge in 2004,[3] receiving the customary knighthood, and was allocated to the Family Division. On 9 April 2013, he was promoted Lord Justice of Appeal,[4] consequently being sworn of the Privy Council.
Ryder was appointed to the post of Judge in Charge of Modernisation of Family Justice in November 2011,[5] and under his stewardship published the Judicial Proposals for the modernisation of family justice in July 2012.[6] Many of the recommendations were implemented by the Children and Families Act 2014, including a 26-week time limit for determination of care and supervision proceedings.[7]
In July 2015 it was announced that Ryder had been appointed Senior President of Tribunals with effect from 18 September 2015.[8] He retired from that role on 19 September 2020 [9]
He was appointed as a Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation in September 2014.[10]
He received a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire Commission on 26 May 2023.[11]
Military[edit]
Ryder has served as a Territorial Army officer in the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (later Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry) and received the Territorial Decoration in 1996.
Notable Cases[edit]
Ryder was lead counsel for a respondent mother in the leading domestic violence child contact order case, Re LVNH (Children) (Contact: Domestic Violence) [2001][12]
Ryder was Counsel to the North Wales Tribunal of Inquiry 1996–99.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sir Ernest Ryder elected as next Master". Pembroke College. University of Oxford.
- ^ "Lord Justice Ryder PC TD".
- ^ "No. 57283". The London Gazette. 8 May 2004. p. 5789.
- ^ "No. 60472". The London Gazette. 11 April 2013. p. 7097.
- ^ "Mr Justice Ryder appointed to key modernisation role after Family Justice Review". Local Government Lawyer. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ http://collateral.newsflashconnect.co.uk/RemoteStorage/Judiciary/Releases/420/ryderj_recommendations_final.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "The Children and Families Act 2014 – essential update". www.familylaw.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Appointment of the Senior President of Tribunals". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Retirement of the Right Honourable Sir Ernest Nigel Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals".
- ^ "Lord Justice Ryder appointed Trustee of the Nuffield Foundation". University of Bolton. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 64066". The London Gazette. 26 May 2023. p. 10626.
- ^ [2001] Fam 260; [2001] 2 WLR 339
- ^ "Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) – Sir Ernest Ryder". www.judiciary.uk. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
