Career

Davis was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1975. In 1992, he became a Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...

. He was appointed a Recorder in 1998. The next year, he was named a Deputy High Court Judge. Davis was appointed to the High Court of Justice

High Court of Justice

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 on 1 October 2001 and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division; he was knighted

Knight Bachelor

The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the most basic rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry...

 the same year. He served as a Presiding Judge for the Wales Circuit from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal

Lord Justice of Appeal

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 effective 4 October 2011, and it was announced he would receive the customary appointment to the Privy Council

Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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