{{Short description|British jurist}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Sir | name = Christopher Vajda | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC}} | image = | alt = | caption = | order1 = | office1 = Judge of the European Court of Justice | nominator1 = | term_start1 = 8 October 2012 | term_end1 = 31 January 2020 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office3 = | nominator3 = | term_start3 = | birth_name = Christopher Stephen Vajda | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|07|06|df=y}} | birth_place = United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | signature = | signature_alt = | module = }}
'''Sir Christopher Stephen Vajda''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC}} (born on 6 July 1955) is a British jurist who had formerly served as the Judge of the European Court of Justice from 2012 to 2020.<ref name="monckton">{{Cite web |title=Christopher Vajda KC |url=https://www.monckton.com/barrister/christopher-vajda-kc-arbitrator/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=Monckton Chambers |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Biography==
Vajda was born on 6 July 1955 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Stephen VAJDA personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/4jFxCCPvfqAEtarf1MVhclctOBw/appointments |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref> From 1974 to 1977, he attended the University of Cambridge and Corpus Christi College with and holds a bachelor's degree in law.<ref name=monckton/><ref name="CURIA">{{Cite web |title=Former Members - Court of Justice of the European Union |url=http://158.167.241.123:8090/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7014/en/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=CURIA }}</ref> From 1977 to 1978, he attended the Université libre de Bruxelles for a postgraduate degree Wiener Ansbach scholarship, and graduated with special license.<ref name=monckton/><ref name=CURIA/>
In 1979, was called to the Bar of England and Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1996.<ref name="concurrences">{{Cite web |title=Christopher Vajda QC - Concurrences |url=https://www.concurrences.com/en/auteurs/christopher-vajda-qc |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.concurrences.com}}</ref> In 1981, he joined as the member of Monckton Chambers.<ref name=monckton/> In 1997, Vajda was appointed Queen's Counsel.<ref name=concurrences/> In 2001, he was appointed treasurer the United Kingdom Association for European Law. On 8 October 2012, Vajda was appointed a judge for the European Court of Justice.<ref name=CURIA/>
Vajda has left the court following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.<ref name=concurrences/> He had been an arbitrator in an ICC arbitration.<ref name=monckton/> Vajda is fluent in French and can speak German.<ref name=monckton/><ref name=concurrences/>
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