Sir David Roderick Evans FLSW (born 22 October 1946) is a former judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
He also became active in Plaid Cymru, and stood unsuccessfully as the party's candidate in Swansea East at the 1970 general election.
On 23 April 2001, he was appointed a High Court judge,[2] receiving the customary knighthood, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.
[3] Evans retired on 1 May 2013,[4] and subsequently took up a position as the Standards Commissioner for the National Assembly for Wales.
[5] He resigned from the position in November 2019, after it was revealed that former AM Neil McEvoy had secretly recorded confidential conversations between Sir Roderick and his staff.