Sir Patrick Neville Garland (22 July 1929 – 6 August 2023) was a British barrister and judge. He was a judge of the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) from 1985 to 2002.[1][2]
Educated at Uppingham School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Garland was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1953. In 1972, he was appointed a recorder[3] and a Queen's Counsel.[4] He was appointed a Justice of the High Court on 14 October 1985 and received the customary knighthood on 19 February 1986.[5][6] He was appointed a Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit in 1990.[7] He retired on 14 October 2002.[8]
Garland was an honorary fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and a member of the Free Speech Union's legal advisory council.[9][10]
Sir Patrick Garland died on 6 August 2023, at the age of 94.[11]