David Pearl

This article is about a British lawyer. For the property developer, see David Pearl (businessman).

David Stephen Pearl (born 11 August 1944) is a British lawyer and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. He is the son of Rabbi Chaim Pearl.

Pearl was educated at the University of Birmingham (LLB) and at the Queens' College, Cambridge (LLM, MA, PhD) prior to being called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1968. He then lectured in Law at the University of Cambridge, where he was a fellow of Fitzwilliam College and later served as Dean of Law at the University of East Anglia. He became the Chief Adjudicator of Immigration Appeals in 1994, and then President of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in 1997. He was Director of Studies at the Judicial Studies Board (1999–2002) and has been President of the Care Standards Tribunal since 2002. Pearl was appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission since January 2006, representing tribunals.

References

• Debrett's People of Today 2006
• Who's Who 2007

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