Sir Nicholas John Patten (born 7 August 1950)[1] is a former member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Tulse Hill Comprehensive School for boys; Christ Church, Oxford.
Patten was called to the bar (Lincoln's Inn) in 1974 and made a Bencher in 1997.
On 2 October 2000, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice,[2] receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Chancery Division.
[3] On 8 June 2009, Patten became a Lord Justice of Appeal,[4] and received the customary appointment to the Privy Council the same year.