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Biography
Introduction
Sir John Edward Mitting (born 8 October 1947) is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
Education
Mitting attended the Roman Catholic independent school Downside School and earned an LL.B at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Legal career
He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1970 and made a bencher in 1996. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987. He was appointed a Recorder in 1988. On 3 April 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge, receiving the customary Knight Bachelor, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He served as Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission from 2007 to 2012. He presided over the Libel Case related to "Plebgate".