{{Short description|English barrister (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox person |honorific_prefix = The Honourable |name = Timothy Lord |honorific_suffix = KC |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|02|10|df=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |education = Bedford Modern School |alma_mater = Christ's College, Cambridge |known_for = King's Counsel<br />Cambridge University cricketer<br />Cambridge University R.U.F.C. player |occupation = Barrister }}
The Honourable '''Timothy Michael Lord''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KC}} (born 10 February 1966) is an English barrister, King's Counsel and Bencher of the Inner Temple who successfully acted for Guardian Care Homes against Barclays as part of the Libor fixing scandal.<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" >{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-246540|title=Lord, Hon. Timothy Michael, (born 10 Feb. 1966), QC 2008|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2008|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246540|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rate-swap-scandal/9641721/Libor-Judge-forces-Barclays-to-reveal-names-of-staff-involved-in-rate-rigging.html?mobile=basic|title=Libor: Judge forces Barclays to reveal names of staff involved in rate rigging|work=telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
==Life==
Lord was born on 10 February 1966, the son of Michael Lord, Baron Framlingham.<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" /> He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Christ's College, Cambridge where he earned a blue for rugby. <ref name="Who’s Who 2014" />
Lord qualified as a solicitor in 1991 with Slaughter & May but was subsequently called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1992, practising at Brick Court Chambers. He was made Queen's Counsel in 2008,<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" /> and elected a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 2013.<ref name="brickcourt.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.brickcourt.co.uk/people/profile/tim-lord-qc|title=Tim Lord QC|work=brickcourt.co.uk|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
At the Chambers Bar Awards 2013, Lord was awarded ‘Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/chambers-uk-bar-awards-2013|title=Chambers UK Bar Awards 2013|work=chambersandpartners.com|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> At the same awards in 2014, Lord was awarded ‘Banking and Finance Silk of the Year’.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/chambers-uk-bar-awards-2014|title=Chambers UK Bar Awards 2014|work=chambersandpartners.com|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> Lord was featured in The Lawyer as one of their Hot 100 Barristers in 2013 and appeared in two of The Lawyer's Top 20 Cases of 2013 and was in three of their Top 20 Cases in 2014.<ref name="brickcourt.co.uk"/>
In 2001, Lord married Amanda Jane Green.<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" /> He played first-class Cricket for Cambridge University and is a playing member of the MCC.<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31063/31063.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref>
==External links== *[https://www.brickcourt.co.uk/people/profile/tim-lord-qc Tim Lord KC]
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