Sir Martin Alexander Griffiths (born 27 April 1962)[1] is a British High Court judge.
Griffiths was educated at the City of London School and attended New College, Oxford on an open scholarship, taking a first-class BA in modern history and modern languages in 1984 which was promoted to an MA in 1988. After his undergraduate studies, he completed a graduate diploma in law at City University in 1985 and his vocational barrister training at the Inns of Court School of Law.[1]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1986; he volunteered at Waterloo Legal Advice Service from 1988 to 1993. In practice, he specialised in commercial law and practised from Essex Court Chambers.[2][3] He took silk in 2006, served as a recorder from 2009 to 2019, and was appointed a deputy High Court judge in 2016. He was a member of the Bar Council from 2008 to 2015.[1]
On 1 October 2019, Griffiths was appointed a judge of the High Court and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, replacing Dame Nicola Davies who was promoted to the Court of Appeal.[4][5] He took the customary knighthood in the same year. Since 2022, he has been Presiding Judge of the Wales circuit, succeeding Sir Simon Picken.[1][6]
In 1995, he married Susan Burden (a barrister), with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[4] He is multilingual and speaks French and Italian.[2]
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