David Bean (judge)

Sir David Michael Bean (born 25 March 1954) is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

[1] On 29 July 1976, David Bean was called to the bar at Middle Temple,[2][3] In 1997, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC).

[4][7] On 19 July 2004, Bean was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) and received the customary knighthood.

[3] In 2010, Mr Justice Bean presided over the trial of Jon Venables who had been accused of downloading and distributing indecent images of children.

[14] As a High Court judge, he received the customary knighthood as a Knight Bachelor and as a Lord Justice of Appeal he was appointed to the Privy Council.