Sir Nicholas James Forwood, KC (born 1948) is a British barrister and former judge.
Born in 1948, Forwood is the son of an army officer. [1] He attended the independent Stowe School and then (from 1966) St John's College, Cambridge, where he read mechanical sciences for part 1 of the Tripos and placed in the first class; he switched to law for part 2 and placed in the second class. He graduated in 1969. [1] [2]
Forwood was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1970. [2] He practised as a barrister in London between 1971 and 1979, [3] when he established a chambers in Brussels specialising in European Economic Community and competition law. [2] He was called to the Irish Bar in 1981 [2] In the United Kingdom, he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987. [1]
In December 1999, Forwood was sworn as a Judge in the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, [3] which became the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union. He served as a judge on the court until 2015. [1]
Forwood has been a door tenant at Brick Court Chambers since 2015. [2] [4] He has also been a part-time counsel at White & Case since 2016. [5] [6]
Forwood was a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1998. [3] In the 2016 New Year Honours, he was knighted for "services to European justice". [7]