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| 7 Jan 2025 | |
| Obituaries |
Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May, who died 30 December, 2024, aged 84, was a retired judge, who previously served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division.
He was born 9 September 1940, and was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford.
On 1 October 2008, he succeeded Sir Igor Judge as President of the Queen's Bench Division. He was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1967, became a Queen's Counsel in 1979, and a Recorder in 1985. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division in 1991, receiving the customary knighthood. In 1997, May was appointed to the Court of Appeal.
May was Vice-President of the Queen's Bench Division from 2002 to 2008, when he was appointed President of the Queen's Bench Division, when the previous president, Sir Igor Judge, became Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He was sworn of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1998. May retired from the Queen's Bench Division in July 2011, and was succeeded as its president by Sir John Thomas.
