About Peter Cresswell
Lived 1944 – 2025 (aged 81). Peter Cresswell was a British judge and jurist.
Sir Peter John Cresswell, DL (24 April 1944 – 10 September 2025) was an English High Court judge, and a judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre.
Life and career Cresswell was born on 24 April 1944. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, before studying law at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, gaining an MA and LLB. He was then called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1966. Cresswell was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983
In November 2014 he was made a Companion of The Academy of Experts.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire and a Bencher of Gray's Inn.
Cresswell died from cancer on 10 September 2025, at the age of 81.
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English judge (1944–2025)
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Peter Cresswell was a judge and jurist.
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