2011 Annual Report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner
BIOGRAPHY AND INTRODUCTION
Sir Paul Kennedy
Sir Paul Kennedy had a long and varied legal career prior to being appointed the Interception
of Communications Commissioner on 11th April 2006.
Born in 1935, Sir Paul was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1960 and took silk in 1973. He
served as a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division, from 1983
to 1992.
Sir Paul was the Presiding Judge of the North Eastern Circuit from 1985 to 1989. He then
served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992 to 2005 and as Vice-President of the Queen’s
Bench Division from 1997 to 2002.
Sir Paul was appointed President of the Court of Appeal in Gibraltar in 2011, having been a
member since 2006.
Sir Paul will serve as Commissioner until 31st December 2012.
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