[1] Miles was born on the 29th of November 1962, later studying philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University before obtaining a Diploma in Law at City University and returning to Oxford University to take the Bachelor of Civil Law.

[2] Called to the Bar in 1987, Miles practised from Chambers at 4 Stone Buildings, in Lincoln's Inn, specialising in commercial and financial law and civil fraud, often with a foreign element.

He was appointed as King's Counsel in 2002 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2006.

[3] On 21 April 2020 he was appointed as a Justice of the High Court[4] and on 16 March 2022 he received the customary knighthood.

[5] Miles has also co-edited Oxford University Press’s Annotated Companies Legislation.