Press release

Privy Council appointment: Lord Justice Beatson

Right Honourable Lord Justice Beatson appointed to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Published: 5 February 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of The Right Honourable Lord Justice Beatson to Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, following his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal.

Notes for editors

Lord Justice Beatson has been a judge in the Queen’s Bench Division in the High Court since April 2003. He was previously a Law Commissioner and a professor of law at the University of Cambridge.

Published 5 February 2013