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'''Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke''' (born 28 April 1949), styled '''The Hon Mr Justice Cooke''', has been a [[Judge#England and Wales|judge]] at the [[Queen's Bench]] in the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] since 2001 and a presiding judge for the [[Circuit judge (UK)|South Eastern Circuit]] since 2007.
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'''Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke''' (born 28 April 1949), styled '''The Hon. Mr Justice Cooke''', is a former [[Judge#England and Wales|judge]] in the [[King's Bench Division|Queen's Bench]] in the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] starting from 2001 and was presiding judge for the [[Circuit judge (UK)|South Eastern Circuit]] from 2007 to 2011, and judge in charge of the Commercial Court from 2012 to his retirement in 2016.


==Career==
==Career==
Educated at [[Whitgift School]] in Croydon and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]],<ref>http://www.sjberwin.com/Contents/Publications/pdf/100/140306070249.pdf</ref> he became a solicitor in 1973 and was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1976.
Educated at [[Whitgift School]] in Croydon and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]],<ref>http://www.sjberwin.com/Contents/Publications/pdf/100/140306070249.pdf{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> he became a solicitor in 1973 and was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1976.


He became a [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] in 1990, working at 7 [[King's Bench Walk]], where he was noted as a leading "commercial silk" by ''[[The Lawyer]]'', who said he specialised in "energy, insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence and shipping and maritime law." He became head of chambers in May 2000, replacing [[Stephen Tomlinson]], who left and became a high court judge. Cooke himself became a judge in 2001, being replaced by [[Julian Flaux]] QC and [[Gavin Kealey]] QC as head of chambers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/quality-silks-are-hard-to-find/78851.article|title=Quality silks are hard to find|date=20 May 1997|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/digests/87033.article|title=Digests|date=17 April 2000|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1159665/flaux-kealey-head-kbw|title=Flaux & Kealey to head 7 kbw|date=27 September 2001|work=Legal Week|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> He acted as an assistant recorder 1994-8 then as a [[Recorder (judge)|recorder]] 1998-2001.
He became a [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] in 1990, working at 7 [[King's Bench Walk]], where he was noted as a leading "commercial silk" by ''[[The Lawyer]]'', who said he specialised in "energy, insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence and shipping and maritime law." He became head of chambers in May 2000, replacing [[Stephen Tomlinson]], who left and became a high court judge. Cooke himself became a judge in 2001, being replaced by [[Julian Flaux]] QC and Gavin Kealey QC as head of chambers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/quality-silks-are-hard-to-find/78851.article|title=Quality silks are hard to find|date=20 May 1997|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/digests/87033.article|title=Digests|date=17 April 2000|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1159665/flaux-kealey-head-kbw|title=Flaux & Kealey to head 7 kbw|date=27 September 2001|work=Legal Week|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> He acted as an assistant recorder 1994-8 then as a [[Recorder (judge)|recorder]] 1998–2001.


===High Court===
===High Court===
Cooke was knighted in 2001, and that October he became a [[High Court judge]], Queen's Bench Division, Commercial. With [[Mr Justice Bean]], he became a presiding judge over the South Eastern Circuit on 1 January 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/leveson-j-lands-lord-justice-of-appeal-post/121091.article|title=Leveson J lands Lord Justice of Appeal post|date=24 July 2006|work=The Laywer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> He will be succeeded by [[Mr Justice Sweeney]] on 1 January 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/on-the-move/1008453.article|title=On the move|date=4 July 2011|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> Among the cases he has presided over as judge were the [[2007 royal blackmail plot]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/547666|title=Judge limits access to royal blackmail tape|last=May|first=Laura|date=20 March 2008|work=Press & Journal|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> the [[R v Gnango|trial of Armel Gnango]] for the murder of Magda Pniewska,<ref>Daily Mail Reporter, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1028695/Jailed-life-Teenager-killed-Polish-careworker-Wild-West-shoot-out.html "Jailed for life: Teenager who killed Polish careworker in 'Wild West' shoot-out], ''The Daily Mail'', (23 June 2008)</ref> the trial of [[Roshonara Choudhry]] for stabbing Stephen Timms MP<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J8KBV80.htm|title=Woman gets 15 years for UK lawmaker stabbing|date=3 November 2010|work=Associated Press|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> and the 2011 [[Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/02/judge-rejects-mohammad-amir-plea?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Judge questions Mohammad Amir's plea that spot-fixing role was one-off|last=Scott|first=Matt|date=2 November 2011|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> In June 2012, he will preside over the manslaughter hearing for the [[death of Ian Tomlinson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/17/police-officer-ian-tomlinson-g20|title=Police officer denies killing Ian Tomlinson|last=Malik|first=Shiv|date=17 October 2011|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref>
Cooke was knighted in 2001, and that October he became a [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|High Court judge]], Queen's Bench Division, Commercial. With [[David Bean (judge)|Mr Justice Bean]], he became a presiding judge over the South Eastern Circuit on 1 January 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/leveson-j-lands-lord-justice-of-appeal-post/121091.article|title=Leveson J lands Lord Justice of Appeal post|date=24 July 2006|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Nigel Sweeney|Mr Justice Sweeney]] on 1 January 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thelawyer.com/on-the-move/1008453.article|title=On the move|date=4 July 2011|work=The Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> Among the cases he has presided over as judge were the [[2007 royal blackmail plot]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/547666|title=Judge limits access to royal blackmail tape|last=May|first=Laura|date=20 March 2008|work=Press & Journal|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> the [[R v Gnango|trial of Armel Gnango]] for the murder of Magda Pniewska,{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} the trial of [[Roshonara Choudhry]] for stabbing [[Stephen Timms]] MP<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J8KBV80.htm |title=Woman gets 15 years for UK lawmaker stabbing |date=3 November 2010 |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410032614/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9J8KBV80.htm |archivedate=10 April 2016 }}</ref> and the 2011 [[Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/nov/02/judge-rejects-mohammad-amir-plea?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Judge questions Mohammad Amir's plea that spot-fixing role was one-off|last=Scott|first=Matt|date=2 November 2011|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref>

Between 2013 and 2016, he presided over the case of ''R v [[Tom Hayes (trader)|Tom Hayes]]'', which saw him hand the largest ever sentence for [[white collar crime]] in the UK. His last case was about the seizure of Hayes's assets, in which he ordered the payment of £878,806. He then retired in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/237383/libor-scandal-judge-orders-former-ubs-and-citigroup-trader-tom-hayes-to-pay-878806|title=Judge orders Tom Hayes to pay £878,806|last=Kirton|first=Hayley|website=cityam.com|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>

He has also served as a judge for Singapore's International [[Business courts|Commercial Court]] and the [[Dubai International Financial Centre]] Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judges |url=https://www.judiciary.gov.sg/singapore-international-commercial-court/about-the-sicc/judges |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Default |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir Jeremy Cooke |url=https://www.commercialcourt.london/jl-cooke |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=the commercial court of england & wales |language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He was a member of [[Harlequin F.C.]] from 1970-5. He has been vice-chairman of LICC Ltd since 1999 and was vice-president of the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship 2003-2010.
He was a member of [[Harlequin F.C.]] from 1970 to 1975. He has been vice-chairman of LICC Ltd since 1999 and was vice-president of the [[Lawyers' Christian Fellowship]] from 2003–2010.

==See also==
*[[Stabbing of Stephen Timms]]



==References==
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2006/news-release-2106|title=Appointment of Senior Presiding Judge and new Presiding Judges (News release 21/06)|date=18 July 2006|work=Judicial Communications Office news release|publisher=Judicial Office|accessdate=21 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528101037/http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/media/media-releases/2006/news-release-2106|archive-date=28 May 2012|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/14198/Jeremy%20Lionel%20Cooke+COOKE.aspx|title=The Hon Mr Justice Cooke|work=[[Debrett's]]|accessdate=21 December 2011}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/14198/Jeremy%20Lionel%20Cooke+COOKE.aspx|title=The Hon Mr Justice Cooke|work=[[Debrett's]]|accessdate=21 December 2011}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.lawcf.org/index.asp?page=Podcast+-+A+Christian+Perspective+on+Commercial+Legal+Practice|title=A Christian Perspective on Commercial Legal Practice|work=The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship|accessdate=21 December 2011}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.lawcf.org/index.asp?page=Podcast+-+A+Christian+Perspective+on+Commercial+Legal+Practice |title=A Christian Perspective on Commercial Legal Practice |work=The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship |accessdate=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205093501/http://www.lawcf.org/index.asp?page=Podcast+-+A+Christian+Perspective+on+Commercial+Legal+Practice |archivedate= 5 February 2012 }}

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Latest revision as of 09:00, 23 December 2024

Sir Jeremy Cooke
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Justice of the High Court
In office
2001–2016
Personal details
Born
Jeremy Lionel Cooke

(1949-04-28) 28 April 1949 (age 75)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
OccupationJudge

Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke (born 28 April 1949), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Cooke, is a former judge in the Queen's Bench in the High Court starting from 2001 and was presiding judge for the South Eastern Circuit from 2007 to 2011, and judge in charge of the Commercial Court from 2012 to his retirement in 2016.

Career

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Educated at Whitgift School in Croydon and St Edmund Hall, Oxford,[1] he became a solicitor in 1973 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976.

He became a QC in 1990, working at 7 King's Bench Walk, where he was noted as a leading "commercial silk" by The Lawyer, who said he specialised in "energy, insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence and shipping and maritime law." He became head of chambers in May 2000, replacing Stephen Tomlinson, who left and became a high court judge. Cooke himself became a judge in 2001, being replaced by Julian Flaux QC and Gavin Kealey QC as head of chambers.[2][3][4] He acted as an assistant recorder 1994-8 then as a recorder 1998–2001.

High Court

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Cooke was knighted in 2001, and that October he became a High Court judge, Queen's Bench Division, Commercial. With Mr Justice Bean, he became a presiding judge over the South Eastern Circuit on 1 January 2007.[5] He was succeeded by Mr Justice Sweeney on 1 January 2012.[6] Among the cases he has presided over as judge were the 2007 royal blackmail plot,[7] the trial of Armel Gnango for the murder of Magda Pniewska,[citation needed] the trial of Roshonara Choudhry for stabbing Stephen Timms MP[8] and the 2011 Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal.[9]

Between 2013 and 2016, he presided over the case of R v Tom Hayes, which saw him hand the largest ever sentence for white collar crime in the UK. His last case was about the seizure of Hayes's assets, in which he ordered the payment of £878,806. He then retired in 2016.[10]

He has also served as a judge for Singapore's International Commercial Court and the Dubai International Financial Centre Court.[11][12]

Personal life

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He was a member of Harlequin F.C. from 1970 to 1975. He has been vice-chairman of LICC Ltd since 1999 and was vice-president of the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship from 2003–2010.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.sjberwin.com/Contents/Publications/pdf/100/140306070249.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Quality silks are hard to find". The Lawyer. 20 May 1997. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Digests". The Lawyer. 17 April 2000. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Flaux & Kealey to head 7 kbw". Legal Week. 27 September 2001. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Leveson J lands Lord Justice of Appeal post". The Lawyer. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  6. ^ "On the move". The Lawyer. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  7. ^ May, Laura (20 March 2008). "Judge limits access to royal blackmail tape". Press & Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Woman gets 15 years for UK lawmaker stabbing". Associated Press. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  9. ^ Scott, Matt (2 November 2011). "Judge questions Mohammad Amir's plea that spot-fixing role was one-off". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  10. ^ Kirton, Hayley. "Judge orders Tom Hayes to pay £878,806". cityam.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Judges". Default. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Sir Jeremy Cooke". the commercial court of england & wales. Retrieved 3 May 2024.


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