Advocate appointed to EU General Court

Advocate Ian Forrester QC has been appointed as the next UK Judge of the General Court of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the Council of the European Union has announced.

Mr Forrester, a graduate of Glasgow University and Tulane University, Louisiana, joined the Faculty in 1972, and took silk in 1988. A member of Ampersand stable, he is also a member of the New York State Bar, the Bar of England & Wales, and the Brussels Bar.

He has conducted cases before the three European Community Courts and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and regularly lectures on European law. His appointments have included Honorary Professor of European Law at Glasgow University.

On the General Court Mr Forrester will succeed Nicholas Forwood, who has retired, as UK judge for the remainder of Mr Forwood’s term of office from 1 October 2015 to 31 August 2019. He will be sworn in on 7 October.