David Keene was called to the English Bar in 1964 by the
Inner Temple. He was appointed
Queen's Counsel in 1980, and appointed a Recorder in 1989. He practised mainly in
public law cases and at
planning inquiries. In his career as a barrister he obtained planning permission for a number of large developments, including
London City Airport, and the second runway at
Manchester Airport. He was chairman of the Planning Bar in 1994, in which year he was also appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. In 2000, he was appointed to the
Court of Appeal where he served until he retired in 2009. ==References==