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James Goss (James Richard William Goss) was born on 12 May, 1953 in Harrogate, United Kingdom, is a British judge (born 1953). Discover James Goss's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As James Richard William Goss
Occupation Judge
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 12 May, 1953
Birthday 12 May
Birthplace Harrogate, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1953

Sir James Richard William Goss (born 12 May 1953), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Goss, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales, assigned to the King's Bench Division.

He was previously a Queen's Counsel, specialising in criminal law.

James Richard William Goss was born on 12 May 1953 to judge William Alan Belcher Goss and his wife Yvonne.

He was educated at Charterhouse School, an independent boarding school in Surrey.

1974

Goss studied at Durham University, where he was a member of University College, and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.

He was later appointed an honorary fellow of Durham Law School.

and is the patron of the Mr Justice Goss University College Law Prize, awarded to first-year undergraduate students.

1975

Goss was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1975.

He specialised in criminal law, practising from No 6, a barristers' chambers in Leeds, where he was head of chambers.

1982

Goss married in 1982.

He has two sons and three daughters.

1997

He was a recorder from 1994 to 2009 and was appointed Queen's Counsel on 8 April 1997.

2003

He was appointed a legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal in 2003 and of the Restricted Patients Panel in 2006.

2007

This was the second time such a decision had been taken under statutory provisions introduced in 2007.

2009

Goss became a circuit judge on the North Eastern Circuit on 14 December 2009.

2011

He served as a senior circuit judge and honorary recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 2011 to 2014.

2014

On 1 October 2014, Goss became a judge of the High Court of Justice, succeeding Mr Justice Royce.

He was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division and received the customary appointment as a knight bachelor.

2017

In February 2017, Goss tried a case alone after dismissing the jury in a "crash-for-cash" case due to jury tampering.

2019

Goss presided over the trial of Carl Beech in 2019, sentencing him upon conviction to 18 years' imprisonment for fabricating allegations of child rape and murder.

Between October 2022 and August 2023, Goss presided over the trial of Lucy Letby, believed to be the longest murder trial in British legal history.

On 21 August 2023 he sentenced Letby to life imprisonment with a whole-life order on seven charges of murder and the seven of attempted murder (including two counts of attempted murder against one child), totalling 14 whole life orders.

Letby consequently became one of the most prolific convicted murderers in British legal history, following a trial which lasted for nearly a year.

Her sentence is, by volume of whole life orders imposed, the most severe sentence in England and Wales since the abolition of the death penalty.