Inquiry Chairman
Sir Anthony Campbell
Sir Anthony Campbell was appointed a judge of the High Court in Northern Ireland in 1988 and of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland in 1998. He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1999. He retired on 31 August 2008.
Sir Anthony is a graduate of Cambridge University (Queens' College) and was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1960 and to the English Bar (Gray’s Inn) in the same year.
Sir Anthony was Junior Counsel to Lord Cameron’s Commission in 1969 and to the Scarman Tribunal from 1969-1971. He was Junior Counsel to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 1971 to 1974, when he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. From 1984 to 1988 he was Senior Crown Counsel.
Sir Anthony has led a review of Northern Ireland’s civil justice system. In Scotland, he was also Chairman of the Chhokar Inquiry into the prosecutions following the death of Surjit Singh Chhokar, which reported in 2001.