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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. He retired in 2016, after 15 years as a [[high court judge | judge]].
'''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 was a presiding judge for the [[Circuit judge (UK)|South Eastern Circuit]] since 2007. He retired in 2016, after 15 years as a [[high court judge |judge]].




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===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 Lawyer|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>
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 Lawyer|accessdate=21 December 2011}}</ref> He was 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>


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=www.cityam.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</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=www.cityam.com|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref>

Revision as of 10:27, 25 March 2016

The Hon. Mr Justice Cook
High Court Judge
In office
2001–2016
Personal details
Born
Jeremy Lionel Cooke

April 28, 1949
NationalityEnglish
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford

Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke (born 28 April 1949), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Cooke, has been a judge at the Queen's Bench in the High Court since 2001 and was a presiding judge for the South Eastern Circuit since 2007. He retired in 2016, after 15 years as a judge.


Career

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

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 be 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,[8] the trial of Roshonara Choudhry for stabbing Stephen Timms MP[9] and the 2011 Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal.[10]

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.[11]

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.

References

  1. ^ http://www.sjberwin.com/Contents/Publications/pdf/100/140306070249.pdf
  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. ^ Daily Mail Reporter, "Jailed for life: Teenager who killed Polish careworker in 'Wild West' shoot-out, The Daily Mail, (23 June 2008)
  9. ^ "Woman gets 15 years for UK lawmaker stabbing". Associated Press. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  10. ^ Scott, Matt (2 November 2011). "Judge questions Mohammad Amir's plea that spot-fixing role was one-off". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  11. ^ Kirton, Hayley. "Judge orders Tom Hayes to pay £878,806". www.cityam.com. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

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