Anthony Hayden

Sir Anthony Paul Hayden, styled The Hon. Mr Justice Hayden, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales and former barrister appointed to the High Court.
He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1987 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2002. On 31 July 2013, he was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice and invested with the customary knighthood in 2014.
In 2018 he presided the Alfie Evans case over the legal challenge by the parents of Alfie Evans against Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
In 2022, he was one of the judges to hear the Archie Battersbee case.