Tim Eicke QC becomes UK judge at the European Court of Human Rights

Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights.

Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June.

He read English law at the University of Dundee before studying German law at Passau University and practised as a barrister at Essex Court Chambers. Mr Eicke is fluent in German and took silk in 2011.