William Davis (judge)

Sir William Easthope Davis (born 20 June 1954), styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Davis, is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

He was educated at Wyggeston Boys' School, Leicester and Queen Mary University of London.

He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1975. He was made a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on 1 May 2014 and promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2021.

He was awarded an honorary degree - the LLD - from Aston University in 2014, for services to the legal professional and legal education.

He was appointed to the Privy Council on 15 December 2021.