Judge Peter Coulson now becomes Mr Justice Coulson after being officially sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday

A senior circuit judge at the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has been promoted to the position of High Court judge by the Lord Chief Justice.

Judge Peter Coulson, 49, was officially sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday. He has been assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.

Judge Coulson, now Mr Justice Coulson, was called to the Bar in 1982, and joined Keating Chambers in 1983 until he became a senior circuit judge at the TTC in 2004.

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