Sir Derek Anthony Sweeting is a British High Court judge.

[1] Sweeting grew up in Greater London, attending a state school and later studying law at Clare College, Cambridge.

He trained at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was deployed to West Germany as a Tank Commander.

Upon completion of his studies in Cambridge, he enlisted as a Reservist in the Special Air Service (SAS).

[2] Sweeting was called to the Bar in 1983 by Middle Temple[3] and was appointed King's Counsel in 2001.