Neil Hickman

Neil Hickman was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, where he was a Foundation Scholar, and Worcester College, Oxford. After earning a First in Jurisprudence, he qualified as a solicitor, sitting from 1987 as a deputy registrar and deputy district judge. He was appointed as a District Judge in 2000, sitting at Milton Keynes and Aylesbury County Courts. He retired from the Bench in 2016. He has published papers in various journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, the Landlord & Tenant Review and the Archbold Review. He was General Editor of Civil Court Practice from 2004 to 2014, a contributor to Family Court Practice from 2005 to 2023, and a co-author of A Practical Guide to Family Proceedings (6th edition) (2018). He is the author of May it Please You, Madam; A Little Book of Legal Whimsy (2016) and Memorable Games of British Chess (2019).