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THE HIGH court judge to oversee the Hillsborough inquests has been appointed.

Lord Justice Goldring was revealed as the man who will oversee the historic new inquests, made possible by the quashing of the “accidental death” verdicts last year.

Lord Justice Goldring will decide in due course where the inquests will be held, and he plans to open the inquests as soon as possible.

He is one of the most experienced judges in the land after being the Senior Presiding Judge of England and Wales from January 2010 until December 2012.

He was formally appointed an Assistant Deputy Coroner for the purpose of conducting the inquests into the deaths of the 96 people in the Hillsborough disaster.

He has been appointed by the South Yorkshire (East) Coroner to conduct the inquests into the 95 deaths at Hillsborough and by the West Yorkshire (West) Coroner to conduct the inquest into the death of Tony Bland, who died of injuries he sustained at Hillsborough when his life support machine was switched off in 1993.

The Judicial Office said the judge will not be giving any media interviews regarding his appointment or in relation to the inquests.

He was called to the Bar in 1969 and became a QC in 1987. 

The judge appointed a High Court Judge in December 1999. Between 2002 and 2005 he was Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit. 

He was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal and Deputy Senior Presiding Judge in October 2008 and Senior Presiding Judge on 1 January 2010.

Between 2002 and 2005 he was Presiding Judge of the Midland Circuit. 

He was appointed as a judge of the Court of Appeal and Deputy Senior Presiding Judge in October 2008 and Senior Presiding Judge on 1 January 2010.

Last year he hit the headlines after issuing guidance on blogging to members of judiciary. He said they should not identify themselves as members of the judiciary and also avoid expressing controversial opinions.

He also backed down from guidance issued to magistrates that they should resign immediately if they wanted to run in last November’s Police and Crime Commission elections.

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