# Tim Lord

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{{Short description|English barrister (born 1966)}}
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|name        = Timothy Lord
|honorific_suffix = [KC](/source/King's_Counsel) 
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|education = [Bedford Modern School](/source/Bedford_Modern_School)
|alma_mater = [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge)
|known_for   = [King's Counsel](/source/King's_Counsel)<br />Cambridge University cricketer<br />Cambridge University R.U.F.C. player
|occupation  = Barrister
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[The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) '''Timothy Michael Lord''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KC}} (born 10 February 1966) is an English [barrister](/source/barrister), [King's Counsel](/source/King's_Counsel) and [Bencher](/source/Bencher) of the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple) who successfully acted for Guardian Care Homes against [Barclays](/source/Barclays) as part of the [Libor fixing scandal](/source/Libor_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](/source/Michael_Lord).<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" />  He was educated at [Bedford Modern School](/source/Bedford_Modern_School) and [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge) where he earned a [blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)) for [rugby](/source/Rugby_union).
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Lord qualified as a solicitor in 1991 with [Slaughter & May](/source/Slaughter_and_May) but was subsequently [called to the Bar](/source/Call_to_the_bar) at the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple) in 1992, practising at [Brick Court Chambers](/source/Brick_Court_Chambers).  He was made [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 2008,<ref name="Who’s Who 2014" /> and elected a [Bencher](/source/Bencher) of the [Inner Temple](/source/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](/source/The_Lawyer) as one of their Hot 100 Barristers in 2013 and appeared in two of [The Lawyer](/source/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](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) and is a playing member of the [MCC](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club).<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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