Nicholas Forwood

Sir Nicholas James Forwood, KC (born 1948) is a British barrister and former judge.

Forwood in 2013

Early life and education

Born in 1948, Forwood is the son of an army officer.^[1] He attended the independent Stowe School and then (from 1966) St John's College, Cambridge, where he read mechanical sciences for part 1 of the Tripos and placed in the first class; he switched to law for part 2 and placed in the second class. He graduated in 1969.^[1][2]

Career

Forwood was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1970.^[2] He practised as a barrister in London between 1971 and 1979,^[3] when he established a chambers in Brussels specialising in European Economic Community and competition law.^[2] He was called to the Irish Bar in 1981^[2] In the United Kingdom, he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987.^[1]

In December 1999, Forwood was sworn as a Judge in the Court of First Instance of the European Communities,^[3] which became the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He served as a judge on the court until 2015.^[1]

Forwood has been a door tenant at Brick Court Chambers since 2015.^[2][4] He has also been a part-time counsel at White & Case since 2016.^[5][6]

Honours and awards

Forwood was a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1998.^[3] In the 2016 New Year Honours, he was knighted for "services to European justice".^[7]