Nicholas Blake (judge)

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Sir Nicholas John Gorrod Blake (born 21 June 1949), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Blake, is a retired judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Sir Nicholas Blake
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
High Court Judge
In office 2007–2017
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-21) 21 June 1949 (age 76)
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge
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He was educated at Cranleigh School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1]

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1974 and became a bencher there in 2002. He was made a QC in 1994, specialising in immigration, asylum and free movement and human rights law. He was a founding member of Matrix Chambers^[2] and first chair of its management committee. He was appointed as a special advocate and as a Deputy High Court judge in 2002, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2007. From 2004 to 2013 he was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.^[3]

From 2010 to 2013 he was President^[4] of the newly established Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). He represented the judiciary of England and Wales on the International Association of Judges.^[2]

Blake retired from the bench on 3 October 2017.^[5]

1. ^ ‘BLAKE, Hon. Sir Nicholas (John Gorrod)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
2. ^ ^{a b} "MEET: Sir Nicholas Blake". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
3. ^ "Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | Mr Justice Blake". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
4. ^ "New President announced". Free Movement. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
5. ^ "Courts and Tribunals Judiciary | High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir Nicholas John Gorrod Blake". www.judiciary.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017.

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