About Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton
Terence Michael Elkan Barnet Etherton, Baron Etherton (21 June 1951 – 6 May 2025) was a British judge and member of the House of Lords. He served as the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice from 2016 to 2021 and Chancellor of the High Court from 2013 to 2016. == Early life == His grandparents moved from the pale of settlement in Russia to the East End of London in the early 20th century. Etherton attended Holmewood House School and St Paul's School, and studied history and law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was a member of the British fencing team (sabre) from 1977 to 1980 and was selected to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but joined the boycott in protest against the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. == Legal career == Etherton was called to the bar (Gray's Inn) in 1974 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1990. He was appointed a High Court judge on 11 January 2001 and assigned to the Chancery Division, receiving the customary knighthood. In August 2006, he was appointed Chairman of the Law Commission, the statutory independent body created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law under review and to recommend reform where needed. On 29 September 2008, on expansion of the Court of Appeal from 37 to 38 judges, Etherton was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal. He was sworn in on 29 September 2008, and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council.
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