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Sir
Ernest Ryder
Lord Justice Ryder in 2013
Master of Pembroke College, Oxford

Incumbent

Assumed office
July 2020
Preceded byLynne 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]

  1. ^ "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.
  • Academic offices
    Preceded by

    Lynne Brindley

    Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
    2020–
    Succeeded by

    incumbent


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